sodium alginate release agents

Sodium alginate release agents

The poor adhesion of films of sodium alginate to many surfaces, together with their insolubility in nonaqueous solvents, have led to their use as mould release agents, originally for plaster moulds and later in the forming of fibreglass plastics. Sodium alginate also makes a good coating for anti-tack paper, which is used as a release agent in the manufacture of synthetic resin decorative boards. Films of calcium alginate, formed in situ on a paper, have been used to separate decorative laminates after they have been formed in a hot-pressing system.