Anticaking agent
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anticaking-agent-280-13650708
title:
Anticaking agent
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An anticaking agent is an additive placed in powdered or granulated materials, such as table salt or confectioneries, to prevent the formation of lumps (caking) and for easing packaging, transport, flowability, and consumption. Caking mechanisms depend on the nature of the material. Crystalline solids often cake by formation of liquid bridge and subsequent fusion of microcrystals. Amorphous materials can cake by glass transitions and changes in viscosity. Polymorphic phase transitions can also i
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Additive used to prevent the formation of lumps
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticaking_agent
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2023-09-02T19:45:37Z
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