Chemistry:Ammonium alginate

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Ammonium alginate
Names
Other names
E403
Identifiers
Properties
C6H11NO6
Molar mass 193.155 g·mol−1
Appearance brown solid
Density 1.79 g/cm3
Boiling point 300 °C
soluble
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Ammonium alginate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula NH
4
C
6
H
7
O
6
.This is an organic ammonium salt of alginic acid.[1][2] This is also a natural polyuronide found in certain brown algae.[3]

Physical properties

The compound exists in white to yellowish brown filamentous, grainy, granular, or powdered forms.[4]

Soluble in water.[5]

Uses

The compound is used in the food industry as a stabilizer, thickener, gelling agent, emulsifier (food additive E403).[6]

References

  1. "ALGINIC ACID, AMMONIUM SALT". Sigma Aldrich. https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/RU/en/product/aldrich/s371718. 
  2. Ahmed, Shakeel (13 February 2019) (in en). Alginates: Applications in the Biomedical and Food Industries. John Wiley & Sons. p. 206. ISBN 978-1-119-48798-2. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Alginates/xhmIDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ammonium+alginate&pg=PA266&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 10 March 2025. 
  3. (in en) Code of Federal Regulations: Containing a Codification of Documents of General Applicability and Future Effect as of December 31, 1948, with Ancillaries and Index. Division of the Federal Register, the National Archives. 1999. p. 462. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Code_of_Federal_Regulations/zIcwAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ammonium+alginate&pg=PA462&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 10 March 2025. 
  4. "AMMONIUM ALGINATE". FAO. https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa_additives/docs/Monograph1/Additive-020.pdf. 
  5. Jana, Sougata (21 January 2022) (in en). Micro- and Nanoengineered Gum-Based Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications. Elsevier. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-323-90987-7. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Micro_and_Nanoengineered_Gum_Based_Bioma/L788EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ammonium+alginate&pg=PA261&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 10 March 2025. 
  6. Burdock, George A. (1997) (in en). Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives. CRC Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-8493-9412-6. https://www.google.ru/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Food_and_Color_Additives/IGyfZA6JHZMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ammonium+alginate&pg=PA64&printsec=frontcover. Retrieved 10 March 2025.