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Alginic Acid Market
Global Alginic Acid: Segment Overview
The alginic acid market is segmented based on its salts. It is segmented into sodium, potassium and
calcium alginate. The sodium salt of alginic acid is Sodium alginate with the molecular formula
NaC6H7O6. It is extracted from brown seaweed. The potassium alginate salt is extracted from the
seaweed and has a chemical formula KC6H7O6. Calcium alginate is obtained by replacing sodium with the
calcium in the sodium alginate salt. It has chemical formula C12H14CaO12. It is also segmented into
lithium, magnesium, and propylene glycol alginate. By its industrial use, alginic acid is segmented into
food and beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, leisure, paper and textile, art and craft, and technical and
industrial.
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In textile and paper industry, alginic acid is used for waterproofing and fireproofing fabrics. In beverages
and jellies, it is used as a thickening agent. In technical and industrial applications, alginic acid is used in
casting, textile screen printing, welding rods, and paints and dyes. In leisure industries, it is popularly
used in face masks. In food and beverage, it is used as a meat binder, preserves frozen fish. In arts and
crafts, alginic acid is used for craft castings, fine art castings, and taxidermy. Owing to its healing power,
an alginic acid is utilized in the dietary supplements especially in slimming aids. It is also beneficial in
tablet binder and dissolver. As it quickly absorbs water, alginic acid is widely
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