The Many Ways Phosphoric Acid is Used in Food Production

Phosphoric acid, also known as orthophosphoric acid, is a weak acid with a sour flavor but no odor or color. It is viscous when sold in liquid form and crystalline as a solid. Although it is sought after in many industries, phosphoric acid has a variety of uses in food and beverage production. Bell Chem, your food ingredient supplier, shares many methods phosphoric acid improves the foods we consume.

Improves Food Quality

As a weak acid, phosphoric acid is often added to amend pH levels to improve product properties. It also makes products last longer. Bacteria and mold thrive in sugary foods and beverages. Phosphoric acid inhibits microbial growth, which increases shelf life. When added to processed meat (luncheon meats, sausage, bacon, et cetera), phosphoric acid stabilizes the texture of processed meats and increases shelf life.

Additive

A list of ingredients on a package may show dicalcium phosphate, hexametaphosphate, sodium phosphate, or tricalcium phosphate. All these additives are derived from phosphoric acid plus other chemicals or ingredients.

Flavor Enhancer

In dark carbonated beverages (clear sodas tend to rely on citric acid) and jams, phosphoric acid accentuates a product’s sharp, tangy taste because of its acidity and fruity flavor. 

Nutrient

Phosphoric acid acts as a food source for yeast, and is often employed as an ingredient to leaven baked goods. Baking soda plus phosphoric acid and a second acid create baking powder. This nutrient is also helpful in alcoholic beverages. As wine is aged, phosphoric acid feeds yeast as it quells bacterial growth.

Protein Modifier

Especially in dairy products, phosphoric acid salts chemically modifies the protein structure increasing the likelihood of coagulation. Examples include cream cheese, hard cheese and buttermilk. The cheese industry has determined that phosphoric acid outstrips most other acids in its ability to firm hard cheeses. This additive is also used in foods and beverages touting high protein levels, which generally contain whey, a basic chemical. As a weak acid, phosphoric acid balances the pH of the product while enhancing flavor.

Bell Chem is your food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including phosphoric acid. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

What is a USP Ingredient?

Many ingredients can be used in manufacturing or cleaning products without the USP (United States Pharmacopeia) seal. Prescription medications, however, must carry a USP seal. The difference between these categories is simple: any product meeting USP standards has specific evidence of purity, quality, and strength and is generally related to fields of medicine and pharmaceuticals, food ingredients, and supplements. Learn more about Bell Chem’s line of USP ingredients and their stringent quality guidelines.

Graded on Quality

Ingredients and chemicals added to products are graded on their purity, efficacy, and quality. Those meeting USP standards are of the highest quality grade. These standards were established in 1820 with the advent of the first United States Pharmacopeia published as a reference guide for pharmacists to create preparations of the United States’ most commonly utilized prescription drugs. 

The USP merged with the National Formulary and Drug Standards Laboratory (NF) 155 years later. While prescription drugs must meet USP standards, many other industries (researchers, laboratories, food manufacturers) recognize extremely pure ingredients as necessary for their consumers since less pure substances may lead to incorrect data, poor reactions, or health concerns. 

Laws Related to USP Ingredients

In 1906, the Pure Food and Drug Act defined drugs as “all medicines and preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) or National Formulary (NF),” a definition that bound prescriptions to USP ingredients. At that time, the prestige of adding “USP” to a prescription drug gave it a seal of purity. Today, all prescription drugs must meet USP standards, and oftentimes manufacturers no longer bother to add these distinguished letters to their packaging since it is redundant.

Exceptions for Supplements

The 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act was enacted to allow citizens access to natural health remedies. However, USP standards are merely voluntary for dietary supplements. Typically, lettered vitamins (B, C, and D, for instance) and minerals (iron, zinc, et cetera) meet strict USP guidelines. Other supplements may meet these standards, or simply meet the standards of the individual manufacturer. The USP Dietary Supplement Verification Program (DSVP) gives manufacturers the quality USP Verified Mark, which provides consumers and professionals confidence that the product within is stringently manufactured.  

Bell Chem is a USP ingredients supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Sanitation Products Used in the Food Industry

Sanitizing seems straightforward within the food industry: sanitize surfaces to keep them safe. But what is the definition of “sanitized”? What is considered “safe”? Sanitation chemical supplier Bell Chem wants to shed light on these very important questions to allow our customers the safest route to protect themselves and their customers.

What Most People Know

COVID-19 has caused the majority of people to understand the difference between “washing” and “sanitizing,” especially as these terms relate to hands. Can sanitizing only occur with alcohol in a bottle, though? No. A surface is sanitized when cleaning kills 99% of microbial life considered harmful, the product remains stable under normal conditions, is not considered toxic, and can be used on food and the surfaces food comes into contact with. 

Differences Between Sanitizers

Surprisingly, hand sanitizers and surface sanitizers have different base ingredients: hand sanitizers are primarily alcohol based, and non-alcohol hand sanitizers contain chlorine. Surface sanitizers, however, contain chlorine, quaternary ammonium, or iodine as their primary sanitizing ingredient. 

Types of Surface Sanitizers

Chlorine

The most recognizable surface sanitizer is chlorine because of its effectiveness in breaking down microbial membranes, oxidizing proteins, and disturbing the metabolic processes of organisms. Chlorine has the added benefit of being inexpensive. Examples include chlorine dioxide and hypochlorides.

Quaternary Ammonium

Quaternary ammonium compounds are positively charged ions in the form of a surfactant, which naturally finds negatively-charged proteins — such as those in bacteria, viruses, yeasts, mold or other enveloped microbes — and denatures proteins as it breaks the electron transport chain in cellular respiration. Quaternary ammonium compounds are stable, much friendlier to skin than chlorine, and non-corrosive.

Iodine

Iodine converts to iodide in the presence of bacteria or other microbes. In this form, it denatures proteins and disrupts the transport of electrons responsible for cellular respiration, much like quaternary ammonium compounds. Iodine is very effective, but it may stain plastic surfaces and is more expensive than other sanitizers.

How to Choose a Sanitizer

The type of sanitizer you choose will be based on information more than simply price, though. The amount of time the product is in contact with the surface, whether the sanitizer contains cleaners and detergents, the shape of the surface, the concentration of the sanitizer, and the overall temperature of the cleaner or surface all have to be considered. Contact the knowledgeable staff at Bell Chem to discuss the best sanitizer option for your organization. 

Bell Chem is a sanitation chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including CSANTM sanitation products. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Benefits of Using Malic Acid in Food Production

Bite into a tart apple, and the flavor you perceive is most likely malic acid. As a matter of fact, chemist Antoine Lavoisier named this product acide malique — malique being the French derivation of Latin’s “malum” (apple) — because of its similarity to a sour apple flavor. This organic, dicarboxylic acid with molecular formula C4H6O5 is created by all living organisms and presents as a white, crystalline grain or powder when processed. 

Advantages Over Other Acids

Bell Chem, your industrial chemical supplier, stocks malic acid as an ingredient in foods and beverages, where it is renowned not only for its lingering sour or tart flavor, but also as an acid, a pH controller, and a preservative. When compared to other organic acids, malic acid proves to have myriad advantages. Here are a few:

• The melting point is lower to incorporate high-temperature confections, which defers the addition of water. In many foods, excess water increases the moisture level, leading to a contracted shelf life.  

• The sour tanginess increases at lower pH levels. Acidic foods with malic acid will have a more pungent tang. 

• It dissolves more rapidly, making it highly prized in powdered mixes. 

• The solubility of products containing malic acid increases. 

• Colors in foods and beverages are more uniform when malic acid is an ingredient. 

• Metal ions easily chelate with malic acid, removing them from foods and beverages.

Taste Advantages

Much like salt, malic acid intensifies flavor, which manufacturers find advantageous since it means fewer flavorings are necessary. This also leads to its addition to low-calorie products since less sugar is necessary for the same taste. Malic acid also melds different flavors within one product to create a more rounded taste experience; this leads to its inclusion into savory products such as spicy foods, cheeses, and coatings for snack crackers and chips. While some confections or salty snacks leave an overly memorable aftertaste, malic acid masks that flavor for a more pleasant experience.

Working with Other Acids

In sour candies and gums, many acids work together to increase the longevity of flavor. Initially, citric acid is enjoyed as a sour flavor before malic acid makes its appearance to continue where citric acid ended. Finally, fumaric acid sustains the tart flavor. Blending multiple acids known for their tart flavors allows for a pleasant, long-lasting taste experience.

Foods that Contain Malic Acid

Malic acid abounds in a wide variety of foods and beverages, including carbonated beverages, canned and fresh fruits and vegetables, jams and jellies, dairy products, fruit and sports drinks, sweeteners, oils and oil emulsions, meat and fish, cereal, egg products, and packaged foods and desserts. 

Bell Chem is a sanitation chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including malic acid. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Raw Sugar vs. Refined Sugar: Are They All That Different?

When shopping for sugar distributors such as food ingredient supplier Bell Chem, many customers are confused concerning the difference between raw and refined sugar. How do they differ? Does the body treat them differently? Bell Chem presents the following information to ensure its customers have all the knowledge possible to make an educated decision. 

Origin of Sugar

Sugar is generally derived from one of two sources, sugar cane or sugar beets, since these sources contain the highest percentage of sucrose in any form of vegetation. The processing of both types of sweetener is identical to a specific point, where raw sugar ends its process and refined sugar is subjected to additional steps to create the sugar most consumers recognize as table sugar. Raw sugar is harvested from a field and sent to a sugar mill, where the stalks are cleansed and shredded.

Raw Sugar

At this point the juice is extracted, clarified, concentrated, and crystallized. This form creates a sugar encased in a liquid – molasses. If the molasses is not desired, the product is placed in a centrifuge to bleed the molasses from the sugar crystals. The end result is raw sugar with a sucrose content of 96%-98%. 

Benefits of Raw Sugar

The less processed the sugar, the higher the mineral content (which may have a more favorable antioxidant effect than refined sugar) and color variation. Raw sugar varies in color from off-white to dark brown, depending on the amount of molasses remaining in the final product. The crystal size is larger than table sugar, generally from medium to coarse. Raw sugars may be marketed as turbinado, demerara, evaporated or dried cane juice, washed or natural cane sugar, to name a few. 

Refined Sugar

If the sugar is to be further refined, the raw sugar is transported to a cane sugar refinery where it is melted, filtered to remove all traces of molasses and any other impurities, crystallized a second time, and dried. This final product is considered white refined (table) sugar. Further processing to finer grains leads to fine granulated, extra fine granulated, superfine, ultrafine, powdered, or fondant grade. 

Coarsely Refined Sugar

Coarsely refined sugars are also available, including sparkling sugar or rock sugar. The sucrose content of refined sugar is higher than raw sugar, often as high as 99.96% pure sucrose. For brown sugar, molasses is added to refined sugar in varied amounts, depending on whether the final product is light, dark, or “pourable” brown sugar. As molasses is added, the amount of sucrose drops to an average of 96%, according to the Western Sugar Cooperative. 

Regardless of the form, all sugars derived from sugar cane or sugar beets are easily digestible and quickly utilized within the body. 

Bell Chem is a food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including raw and refined sugars. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

All About Menthol Crystals

Menthol is another name for mint. Solid crystals derived from distilling and freezing mint oil are known as menthol crystals. Because these small, brittle, clear/white crystals have all the benefits of mint in a highly concentrated form, a small amount enhances health in many ways. Read below for more information on USP ingredient supplier Bell Chem’s pure menthol crystals.

Medicinal Uses

Menthol crystals are highly soluble in alcohol and oils, both solutions that form the basis of many cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. This includes toothpaste, mouthwash, decongestants, and analgesics to name a few. 

When ingested, menthol crystals’ antiemetic properties relieve nausea, tension headaches, and dizziness. Its antispasmodic tendencies reduce stress, stimulate energy levels, and aid in sleep. When added as an ingredient in lozenges, the anesthetic effect alleviates sore throats while, as an antitussive, it suppresses the tendency to cough. Menthol crystals are a main component in therapies to soothe breathing difficulties, relieve congestion, maintain immunity health, and quell fever.  

Skincare Benefits

Mint has long been recognized for its cooling effect when applied topically. This sensation is due to its ability to activate the skin’s hot/cold sensors. It soothes, cools, moisturizes, counters dryness, alleviates dark spots, and reduces inflammation. Because of its small, crystalline structure, it also acts as a mechanical exfoliant for the skin. Lip balm, soap, and lotion are often enhanced with menthol crystals.

Hair Products

Health benefits of menthol crystals also include its application in hair products to strengthen and repair hair strands, enhance growth, help deter nits and lice, maintain an adequate production of natural oil, and as an overall scalp and hair cleanser. Menthol crystals are regularly incorporated into shampoos to remove dandruff buildup. 

Other Uses

The pungent odor of menthol is a natural, organic insect repellent, which can help when you’re outdoors. Inside the home, air fresheners and room sprays often depend on menthol crystals for a clean smell. They also add a burst of flavor to foods and beverages.

Bell Chem is a USP ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including menthol crystals. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Differences Between Types of Calcium Carbonate

Calcium carbonate has long been associated with calming upset stomachs, but it also acts favorably on other body systems, such as the skeletal, muscular, nervous, and cardiovascular systems. Food ingredient supplier Bell Chem proudly inventories HuberCal® products, such as HuberCal® CCG 40XX FG and HuberCal® 250 USP for our customers. HuberCal products are renowned for their industry-leading purity; their products contain lower levels of arsenic, mercury, and lead than any other manufacturer.

Types of Calcium Carbonate

HuberCal® 250 USP is an off-white to white powder of low-moisture, high purity 12-micron calcium carbonate, mined from beds of ancient oyster shells or limestone. The “USP” specifies this product meets or exceeds US Pharmacopeia requirements. 

HuberCal® CCG 44XX FG is a granulated form of 95% calcium carbonate FCC (functionalized calcium carbonate) mined from natural limestone, then compounded with a 5% binder. For CCG 44XX FG, the binder is maltodextrin IP (identity preserved) and acacia gum. The “FG” ending denotes “food grade,” an indication that this form of calcium carbonate may be used in the food and beverage industry. FCC denotes high purity, recrystallized calcium carbonate that creates a structured mineral giving this form of calcium carbonate several unique aspects:

• 60% or greater porosity

• Median particle size distribution of 2–30µm

• Surface areas of 30-180 m2/g

• Greater number of contact points along its mineral-like surface

• Greater tensile strength/compressibility

• High biocompatibility

Calcium Carbonate as a Supplement

Calcium carbonate is a nutritional ingredient often prescribed for patients with low blood calcium levels, such as those with osteoporosis, osteomalacia, hypoparathyroidism, or latent tetany. Changes in hormone levels can cause low calcium blood levels, which is why pregnant and postmenopausal women are often prescribed calcium supplements. When blood calcium levels are significantly low, the body removes calcium from its stores in the bones throughout the body, leaving the skeletal structure depleted and significantly weakened. 

Food Grade Uses for Calcium Carbonate

Although calcium carbonate given in tablet form generally requires vitamin D for its uptake, the addition of calcium carbonate FCC as an ingredient during food manufacture is readily ingested and utilized properly within the body. Many packaged foods, including cereal, nutritional and cereal bars, baked foods and cookies, and soups regularly add beneficial calcium carbonate as an ingredient.

Bell Chem is a USP ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including HuberCal® products. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Chemicals Used in Food Production

Foods marketed in boxes or bags almost always contain food additives in the guise of chemicals to affect food in varied forms. Additives can make food more palatable, extend shelf life, lower overall calorie or fat content, add nutrient value, emulsify, change food color or texture, or many combinations of these and other functions. Bell Chem is your food ingredient supplier for food and reagent, nutritional, and USP-grade ingredients to keep your foods and beverages healthy and delicious.

Emulsification 

Without added chemicals, many foods and liquids would be unpalatable. Emulsifiers, such as gum arabic, lecithin, salt, and sodium hexametaphosphate maintain texture and flavor with every bite. Emulsifiers also deter ice crystals from forming in frozen foods or sugar coagulation in baked foods and increase the volume of baked goods. Many emulsifiers also act as stabilizers or thickeners, such as gums, starches, and proteins.

Nutritional additive 

Many natural nutrients are lost during food production because of mechanical measures, such as heat and freezing. Adding lost nutrients or bolstering the nutrient value of foods has occurred since 1924 when salt became iodized to prevent goiters. The addition of vitamins has drastically improved the health of millions of people. For instance, vitamin B in infant cereals helps prevent anemia, vitamin D-fortified milk helps to prevent rickets, and folic acid — often added to flour — is recommended for pregnant women to prevent birth defects. Fiber, linoleic acid, and minerals are other additives commonly combined with packaged foods.

Preservation

Utilizing antioxidants and antimicrobials seems like common sense in today’s food industry. Both additives keep foods fresher and stabler for extended periods of time. Antioxidants include Vitamin E and its derivatives, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). Antimicrobials include acids (acetic, propionic, sorbic), nitrates, nitrites, and sulfites. 

Taste, color, and texture 

As food is processed, some pigments may be degraded. The addition of chemicals creates color with less variation and more appeal. Taste and smell are both chemical reactions. When specific chemicals are added to foods and beverages, the sensations of both taste and smell react favorably. Currently, more than 1,200 different flavors are available for foods. Spices, sugar, salt, and citrus acid are all palatable flavors. Some foods, such as frozen desserts or jams, have a specific texture generally created with the help of chemicals. Many texturizing food ingredients, including guar and xanthan gum, pectin, and whey, are frequently used to enhance the composition of foods.

Bell Chem is a food ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including a vast array of food production chemicals. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

Zinc Oxide in Personal Care Products

Zinc oxide (chemical formula ZnO) is easily recognized as the white, solid sunblock slathered on lifeguards’ noses in films of the 1980s. While today’s sunscreens still contain zinc oxide, it is not nearly as visible to the naked eye. Derived from the mineral zincite, zinc oxide from USP ingredient supplier Bell Chem’s extensive inventory has abundant uses in personal care products worldwide with a proven track record of centuries of use.

Cosmetics

Zinc oxide is a commonly-used gradient that determines the opacity and coverage of makeup as it adds viscosity to otherwise watery cosmetics. Widely acclaimed mineral makeup contains pure, finely ground zinc oxide as its base. With no added irritants (zinc oxide is soothing to almost every skin type) zinc oxide-based mineral makeup has surged in popularity. For this reason, nail products as well as facial cosmetics now contain zinc oxide.

Colorant 

Zinc oxide typically presents as a white powder. When added to cosmetics or personal care products, that opaque, white solid alters the color, leaving many products with a pure-white, clean base.

Personal Care Products

Anti-dandruff shampoos often contain zinc oxide to maintain moisture on the scalp, preventing the creation of the dry flakes of dandruff. Products advertised for sensitive skin often contain zinc oxide because it alleviates the use of additives for more natural, less irritating products. This soothing of the skin gives rise to zinc oxide being added as an ingredient to baby lotions, bath soaps, and foot powders.

Skin Protectant

Calamine lotion, diaper rash ointment and cream, sun- and windburn relievers, scar treatments, and many brands of antiseptic creams contain zinc oxide because this inert natural barrier holds moisture in while it staves off pathogen invasion of broken or damaged skin. The antibacterial properties of zinc oxide give it a starring role in antiseptic ointments; zinc oxide stabilizes products by barricading pathogens from spoiling skin protectants.

Sunscreen 

Zinc oxide forms a physical barrier to the sun when applied as a sunblock and is regarded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as the broadest spectrum reflector of both UVA and UVB. Because it is a physical rather than a chemical barrier, it does not react with any of the body’s chemical processes. 

Bell Chem is a USP ingredient supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including zinc oxide. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff personalize all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.

When 99% Isopropyl Alcohol is the Best Fit

Isopropyl alcohol (chemical formula C3H8O) has several distinct percentages — 70%, 80-85%, 91%, 99%, and 99.9% — depending on your needs. Industrial chemical supplier Bell Chem’s extensive inventory contains 99% and 99.9% isopropyl alcohol. 

What is Isopropyl Alcohol?

Isopropyl alcohol is a colorless, clear chemical with a pungent odor. It is widely regarded as the universal solvent because of its ability to dissolve a vast range of nonpolar compounds. Chemically, it is considered highly flammable with a wide range of combustion. Myriad industries find uses for 99% isopropyl alcohol, from automotive to pharmaceuticals. 

Automotive

Isopropyl alcohol is the go-to product to strip wax from cars before painting or polishing. Added to lacquer, it decreases the lacquer’s viscosity. Within vehicle systems, isopropyl alcohol is miscible with water, meaning it will evenly mix with a water-based washer fluid or in a fuel tank to deter freezing in cold weather.

Coatings

The production of polymers, including acetone, bisphenol A, and glycerol, relies on isopropyl alcohol.  It acts as a diluent in paints and resins as well, and many hand tools are rinsed with isopropyl alcohol to remove gummy residue. 

Essential Oils

99% isopropyl alcohol is the medium to process essential oils, flavorings, nutraceuticals, and waxes. 

Food and Beverage 

Isopropyl alcohol has two distinct functions: it is safe to use on food surfaces and industrial machines as an industrial sanitizer, and it is used frequently in many areas of food production – dying, glazing, and food supplements. Another interesting role isopropyl alcohol 99% plays in the food and beverage industry is its part in the extraction of phospholipids and Omega-3 fatty acids from fish in the formation of triglyceride oil. 

Cosmetics 

Aftershaves, bath products, facial cosmetics, lotions, perfumes, and sanitizers include isopropyl alcohol as an anti-foaming agent, a diluent, an extractant, and/or a surfactant. Most notably in the nail-care industry, isopropyl alcohol cleans and polishes nails.

Medical and Pharmaceutical Industries

Medical equipment in hospitals and clinics is often sterilized with isopropyl alcohol. It also finds a role in wound dressing and skin treatments to prevent infection. In the manufacture of medicine, isopropyl alcohol is used to analyze, create, and purify compounds. 

Electronics

In this sector, isopropyl alcohol 99.9% cleans cables, connectors and contacts, fiber optic components, keypads, LCDs, and tape heads. Safe and non-corrosive on most surfaces, including elastomers, painted products, and plastic, anhydrous 99.9% isopropyl alcohol leaves no residue as it cleans polar, non-polar, and ionic components. 

Laboratories

Isopropyl alcohol 99.9% is considered chemical grade with the highest purity rating of contaminant-free. This level of purity is necessary for chemical laboratory reagents and for electronic use, when any amount of water is detrimental to delicate machinery. In fact, a huge percentage of isopropyl alcohol finds its way into the electronics industry.

Environmentally speaking, 99% isopropyl alcohol scored as “excellent” on the green solvent scale and is considered ozone safe. Bell Chem is your industrial chemical supplier based in Longwood, FL (just north of Orlando) with hundreds of products stocked in their 50,000+ square-foot warehouse, including isopropyl alcohol. You can expect the highest quality products, expedited shipping options for maximum efficiency, and unrivaled personalized customer service. Let our knowledgeable and friendly customer service representatives and accounting staff give personalized attention to all your needs by either calling 407-339-BELL (2355) or by sending us an online message.