摘要：The study aimed to prepare some synthetic adhesives (gums) from carbohydrate, by addition of the formite salts (sodium, potassium and ammonium formite salt) to monosaccharide (e.g., glucose, fructose and galactose) and disaccharide (e.g., sucrose, maltose and lactose), then compare some of their physical characteristic with gum Arabic. The synthetic adhesives may be used for industrial purposes other than food and pharmaceutical products. The study also aimed to exchange sodium and potassium ions of prepared adhesives (gums) with calcium, magnesium and iron ions and determine the impact of ions on viscosity. Formite salt was prepared by bubbling excess gaseous carbon monoxide into cold solutions of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide separately as shown
