Glycerin

 Applications of glycerol are diverse: food industry, tobacco production, medical industry, production of detergents and cosmetics, agriculture, textile, paper and leather industries, manufacture of plastics, paints and coatings industry, electrical engineering and radio engineering.

Glycerin is used as a food additive E422 in the production of confectionery products to improve the texture, to prevent sagging of chocolate, increase volume of bread.
Adding it reduces the time seerstone bread, make pasta less sticky and reduces the buildup of starch during baking.
Used in the manufacture of extracts of coffee, tea, ginger and other vegetable substances, which are finely pulverized and treated with an aqueous solution of glycerol, heated to evaporate water and. It turns out the extract, which contains about 30%.

Glycerin is widely used in the manufacture of soft drinks. The extract, made on its basis, diluted makes beverages "softness".
Because of its high hygroscopicity, it is used in the harvesting of tobacco (to keep the leaves moist and to eliminate the unpleasant taste).
In medicine and in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, it is used to dissolve the drugs, increasing the viscosity of liquid preparations, protection changes during the fermentation of liquids from drying ointments, pastes and creams. Using it instead of water it is possible to prepare highly concentrated solutions health. He also is a good solvent for iodine, bromine, phenol, thymol, mercuric chloride and alkaloids, has antiseptic properties.
Glycerin detergent enhances the ability of most varieties of soap, in which it is used, it gives the skin white and soft.
In agriculture it is used for seed treatment, which contributes to their good germination, trees and shrubs that protects the bark from the weather.
In textile industry it is used in weaving, spinning, dyeing, which gives the fabrics softness and elasticity. It is used to produce aniline dyes, solvents for paints, in the manufacture of synthetic silk and wool.
In paper industry it is used in the production of tissue paper, vellum, tracing paper, paper napkins and gerneralized paper.
In the leather industry using glycerol solutions in the process of fattening skin, adding it to the aqueous solutions of barium chloride. He is a member of wax emulsions for tanning leather.
Widely used glycerin in the production of transparent packaging materials. Due to its plasticity, the ability to retain moisture and to endure the cold, it is used as a plasticizer in the manufacture of cellophane. He is also part of the preparation of plastics and resins. Polyglycerols are used for coating the paper bags in which oil is stored. Paper packaging material becomes fire-resistant if it is under pressure to impregnate an aqueous solution of glycerine, borax, ammonium phosphate, gelatin.
In the paint industry 1,2,3-propantriol is a constituent component of the polishing compositions, especially paints used for final finishing.
In electronics it is widely used in the manufacture of electrolytic capacitors, alkyd resins, which are used as insulating material in the processing of aluminum and its alloys.