Polyglycerol is a clear yellowish viscous liquid with an average molecular weight of 250. It is water soluble and is less hygroscopic than glycerol or diglycerol.
Identification
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Description
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Yellowish viscous liquid
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INCI name
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Polyglycerin
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Average molecular weight
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approx. 250
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Composition
Solvay Polyglycerol-3 is characterized by a very narrow oligomer distribution.
It contains minimum 85% diglycerol, triglycerol and tetraglycerol with only trace amounts of glycerol.
Chemical structure
Linear glycerol oligomers have the following structure:
where n averages 3
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