Chemical substances, typically hydrophilic, used to form solid or semisolid dispersions of a mixture or increase the viscosity of liquid mixtures and solutions and to aid in maintaining stability by their emulsifying properties without changing their other properties. Four classifications are recognized: 1) Starches, gums, casein, gelatine and phycocolloids; 2) semisynthetic cellulose derivatives (e.g. carboxymethyl-cellulose); 3) polyvinyl alcohol and carboxy-vinylates (synthetic); and 4) bentonite, silicates, and colloidal silica. May also be hydrophobic at lower temperatures. Also referred to as a rheology modifier; viscosity index improver. See closely related: density modifier; and viscosity modifier.
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