Our company is also suppliers magnesium for pharmaceutical as well as industrial customers. Magnesium stearate is used as a lubricating agent in tablet manufacturing, as a drier in paints and varnishes, as a flatting agent, as a stabilizer and lubricant for plastics, emulsifying agent in cosmetics, as an ant caking agent in foods.
Specifications:

• Description: White or almost white, very fine, light powder, greasy to the touch, practically insoluble in water and ethanol, very faint odor of Stearic Acid
• Solubility
• Identification: Gives the reaction of Magnesium
• Microbial limit: E.Coli Absent
• Total bacterial Count: NMT 1000/gM
• Loss on Drying (200°C): 10.0% to 20.0%
• Soluble Chloride: NMT 3.5%
• Soluble Sulphate: NMT 1.9%
• Sodium: 0.1 % max
• Arsenic: NMT 10 ppm
• Heavy Metals: NMT 60 ppm. IN I.P. & 30 ppm in B.P
• Magnesium Hydroxide: 49.2% to 66.6 %
• Aluminium Hydroxide: 32.1 % to 45.9%
• Sulphate: 16.0 % to 21.0%
• Assay as Magaldrate: 90.0 % to 105 %