Regarding the price of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, the price range is very large. The price range of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose in August 2022 is between 750USD/Mt to 4350USD/Mt. Many customers will wonder why the price of carboxymethyl cellulose is so big?
Let LUDE CHEM analyze why the price gap is so big ?
1. Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is divided into food grade and industrial grade. Food grade CMC needs to have a purity of more than 99.5, it can be applied to food. In the production process, the higher the purity, the more complicated the required process and the amount of raw materials. The larger the production cost, the higher the production cost than the industrial grade, so the price of food grade sodium carboxymethyl cellulose will be higher than that of industrial grade.
2. The price of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose also depends on the viscosity. The viscosity is very high or very low. In actual production, the process requirements will be very high and the production cost will be high. The price of cellulose sodium will be high. Generally speaking, the higher the viscosity, the higher the price.
3. The price of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose also depends on the degree of substitution(D.S). The price of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is higher than 0.9. Generally, customers require the degree of substitution to be between 0.7 and 0.9. Generally speaking, the higher the degree of substitution, the higher the price. will be higher.
To sum up, the price of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose is mainly affected by purity, viscosity and degree of substitution(D.S). Customers are requested to understand the above indicators in the process of purchasing sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
