Solvents - Oxygenated
1-Pentanol (n-Amyl Alcohol)
CAS 71-41-0
A C5 primary alcohol solvent and ester intermediate. It is used as a solvent for resins, gums, and petroleum additives, as an intermediate for amyl acetate and other esters, and as a frother in ore flotation.
Solvency
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
2-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid (α-Hydroxyisobutyric Acid)
CAS 594-61-6
A compact branched α-hydroxy acid used as a synthetic building block and intermediate. It is used as a chemical intermediate and a building block in organic synthesis.
pH Adjustment
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Phosphate Esters & Derivatives
2-Hydroxyphosphonocarboxylic Acid (HPAA, Hydroxyphosphonoacetic Acid)
CAS 23783-26-8
A carbon-phosphorus phosphonate used to inhibit metal corrosion in industrial water systems. It is applied in industrial water-treatment programs, where phosphonates of this type protect metal surfaces in recirculating and cooling-water systems.
Chelation / Sequestration
Scale Inhibition
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Specialty Additives
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT)
CAS 149-30-4
The benchmark thiazole accelerator for sulfur cure, doubling as a metal corrosion inhibitor. It accelerates the sulfur vulcanization of natural and synthetic rubber, and is also used as a corrosion inhibitor in metalworking fluids, antifreezes, and greases, and in adhesives.
Corrosion Inhibition
Crosslinking / Curing
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Specialty Additives
2-Octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (OIT, Octylisothiazolinone)
CAS 26530-20-1
An octyl isothiazolinone supplied as a dry-film and in-can material preservative for industrial coatings and fluids. It is used as a film and in-can preservative in paints, coatings, adhesives, polishes, and metalworking fluids, and in wood and leather preservation.
Biocidal Action
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2,2-Dibromo-3-nitrilopropionamide (DBNPA)
CAS 10222-01-2
A non-oxidizing, bromine-based biocide for microbial control in industrial water and process fluids. It controls bacteria, algae, and fungi in industrial water systems and is used as a preservative in pulp and paper-mill water, cooling water, metalworking fluids, oilfield drilling muds, and latex emulsions and…
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4-Hexylresorcinol (Hexylresorcinol)
CAS 136-77-6
A food-grade alkylresorcinol antioxidant used to prevent enzymatic browning in seafood processing. In food processing it is used as an antioxidant and processing aid to prevent melanosis ('black spot') in shrimp and other crustaceans.
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Solvents - Oxygenated
Acetone (Propanone)
CAS 67-64-1
Acetone is the workhorse fast-evaporating ketone solvent — it dissolves fats, oils, resins, rubber and plastics cleanly and is a major feedstock for downstream ketone chemistry.
Solvency
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Amines & Amides
Acetyl Hexapeptide-8 (Acetyl Hexapeptide-3)
CAS 616204-22-9
A synthetic peptide active supplied as a water-based solution for cosmetic skin-care formulators. It is a CIR-listed cosmetic ingredient used as a peptide (skin-conditioning) active in skin-care formulations.
Conditioning
Moisture Control
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Surfactants - Anionic
Acrylic Acid/AMPS Copolymer (AA/AMPS)
CAS 40623-75-4
A water-soluble acrylic copolymer used as a scale inhibitor and dispersant in water treatment. Copolymers of this class are used in water treatment as scale inhibitors and dispersants, controlling calcium, phosphate, and iron scale in cooling water, boilers, and reverse-osmosis systems.
Chelation / Sequestration
Viscosity Modification
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Activated Carbon (Activated Charcoal, GAC)
CAS 7440-44-0
A high-surface-area adsorbent for purification of water, air, gases, and process streams. It is used as an adsorbent for purification and decolorization of water, air, gases, and liquids, and as a reducing agent in process applications.
Color / Pigmentation
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Amines & Amides
Alkyl Pyridine (Alkylated Pyridine Bases)
CAS 68391-11-7
An alkylated pyridine-base cut supplied as a basic-nitrogen reaction solvent and synthesis intermediate. Pyridine bases of this class are used as solvents and as chemical intermediates in the synthesis of agrochemicals, dyes, and specialty chemicals.
Corrosion Inhibition
Synthesis Intermediate
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate (AlCl3·6H2O)
CAS 7784-13-6
The water-soluble hydrated aluminum chloride used in cosmetic astringent and industrial processing formulations. It is used as an astringent/antiperspirant ingredient in cosmetics and as a precursor and processing aid in textile dyeing, wood preservation, and photographic and petroleum applications.
Color / Pigmentation
pH Adjustment
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Aluminum Chloride, Anhydrous (AlCl3)
CAS 7446-70-0
The benchmark Lewis-acid catalyst for Friedel-Crafts chemistry and a precursor to aluminum compounds. It is the classic catalyst for Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation and serves as a chemical intermediate for numerous aluminum compounds, with further use in petroleum cracking and the manufacture of rubbers and…
Color / Pigmentation
pH Adjustment
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Acids & Salts
Aluminum Chlorohydrate (ACH)
CAS 12042-91-0
A basic aluminum chloride used both as a water-treatment coagulant and as a cosmetic antiperspirant astringent. It is used as a coagulant/flocculant in water purification and as an astringent active in antiperspirant formulations, with additional use in leather, paper, and pulp processing.
Moisture Control
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Aluminum Hydroxide (ATH, Alumina Trihydrate)
CAS 21645-51-2
A halogen-free mineral flame retardant that quenches fire by releasing water as it decomposes. In plastics, rubber, and latex foams it releases water on heating to retard flame and suppress smoke.
Color / Pigmentation
Flame Retardancy
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Acids & Salts
Aluminum Sulfate (Alum)
CAS 10043-01-3
The workhorse aluminum coagulant for water and wastewater clarification, also used across paper, textile, and leather processing. It also serves as a sizing agent in papermaking, a mordant in textile dyeing, a leather-tanning agent, and in fireproofing and waterproofing of cloth and concrete.
pH Adjustment
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Acids & Salts
Aluminum Zirconium Octachlorohydrex Gly
CAS 134910-86-4
A glycine-buffered aluminum-zirconium chlorohydrate complex supplied as an antiperspirant active for personal-care formulators. It is used as an astringent antiperspirant and deodorant active in personal-care formulations.
pH Adjustment
Moisture Control
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Phosphate Esters & Derivatives
Amino Trimethylene Phosphonic Acid (ATMP)
CAS 6419-19-8
An organophosphonate scale-and-corrosion inhibitor and chelant for industrial water systems. It is used mainly as a chelating/sequestering and deflocculant agent and as a scale and corrosion inhibitor in industrial water treatment, and as a stabilizer for peroxide bleaching solutions in textile and paper processing.
Chelation / Sequestration
Scale Inhibition
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Amines & Amides
Aminoethylethanolamine (AEEA)
CAS 111-41-1
A bifunctional amino-alcohol intermediate for chelants, surfactants, and metalworking-fluid additives. It is used as a chemical intermediate, a textile-finishing compound, and an additive to metalworking/cutting oils, and it functions as a corrosion inhibitor and pH-regulating agent.
Crosslinking / Curing
pH Adjustment
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Phosphate Esters & Derivatives
Aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid) Tetrasodium Salt (ATMP, Tetrasodium Salt)
CAS 20592-85-2
A tetrasodium aminophosphonate sequestrant for scale, corrosion, and deposit control in circulating-water systems. it functions as a chelating agent, anti-scaling agent, corrosion inhibitor, and dispersant, including in petroleum-production process water.
Chelation / Sequestration
Scale Inhibition
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Ammonia (Anhydrous Ammonia)
CAS 7664-41-7
Anhydrous ammonia — the foundational nitrogen feedstock for fertilizers, refrigeration, and chemical synthesis. The majority of production goes to fertilizers; it is also used as a refrigerant gas and as a feedstock for nitric acid, urea, plastics, explosives, synthetic fibers, and dyes, with further use…
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
Ammonium Bisulfite
CAS 10192-30-0
A 60% aqueous reducing-agent solution used for oxygen scavenging, sulfite pulping, and fertilizer sulfur. A reducing agent, it is used as an oxygen scavenger and corrosion-control additive in drilling fluids and boiler water, in sulfite pulping, as a sulfur source in fluid fertilizers, and in…
Preservation
Corrosion Inhibition
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Acids & Salts
Ammonium Citrate Dibasic (Diammonium Citrate)
CAS 3012-65-5
The diammonium citrate salt used for buffering, metal-ion sequestration, and as an analytical reagent. It is used as a buffering agent and a chelating/sequestering agent, as an analytical reagent for phosphate determination in fertilizers, and in rustproofing and cotton/textile printing.
Chelation / Sequestration
pH Adjustment
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Ammonium Hydroxide (Aqueous Ammonia)
CAS 1336-21-6
Aqueous ammonia for pH adjustment, cleaning, water treatment, and chemical manufacturing. It is used in the manufacture of rayon and textiles, pulp and paper, rubber, detergents and cleaners, and inks; in water purification and pH adjustment; in photographic development; and in metal extraction and refining.
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Ammonium Sulfite (Ammonium Sulfite Monohydrate)
CAS 7783-11-1
A reducing-chemistry inorganic salt supplied in purified monohydrate form. Industry references record its use in photographic processing, in caramel-color production, in refractory-brick manufacture, in lubricant production, and as an intermediate toward ammonium thiosulfate and ammonium chloride.
pH Adjustment
Preservation
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Acids & Salts
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
CAS 50-81-7
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is a water-soluble antioxidant and reducing agent for food preservation, fortification, personal care and analysis.
Preservation
pH Adjustment
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Acids & Salts
Benzalkonium Chloride (ADBAC, BAC)
CAS 68391-01-5
A workhorse cationic quaternary-ammonium biocide and wetting agent for cleaning, sanitizing, and material-preservation systems. It functions as a cationic wetting agent and biocide, and is documented for use as a disinfectant, sanitizer, and antimicrobial preservative across cleaning, personal-care, textile, pulp-and-paper, and metallurgical applications.
Biocidal Action
Preservation
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Benzalkonium Chloride (ADBAC, BAC)
CAS 63449-41-2
The same benzalkonium quat chemistry under a related alkyl-distribution CAS, supplied for biocide and cationic-surfactant use. It acts as a cationic surfactant and biocide and is documented for use as a disinfectant, sanitizer, and antimicrobial preservative, as well as in textile, pulp-and-paper, and metallurgical processes.
Biocidal Action
Preservation
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Surfactants - Cationic
Benzalkonium Chloride (BKC, ADBAC)
CAS 8001-54-5
A cationic quaternary-ammonium surfactant used as a wetting and emulsifying agent in industrial processing. It is a cationic wetting and emulsifying agent used in textile, pulp-and-paper, and metal-processing operations.
Biocidal Action
Surfactancy
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Surfactants - Cationic
Benzethonium Chloride
CAS 121-54-0
A broad-utility cationic quaternary for cleaning, preservation, and water-treatment chemistry. Established uses include service as a cationic detergent, a germicide for cleansing food and dairy utensils, a swimming-pool algaecide, and a preservative in cosmetics.
Biocidal Action
Preservation
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Benzisothiazolinone (BIT)
CAS 2634-33-5
A broad-spectrum isothiazolinone preservative for protecting water-based industrial products from microbial spoilage. It is used as a preservative in water-based products such as paints, pastes, and metalworking and cutting fluids, and as an antimicrobial/slimicide in manufacturing.
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Benzotriazole (BTA)
CAS 95-14-7
A copper-passivating azole that forms a protective film on copper and brass, specified across cooling-water and metal-protection programs. It protects metal in recirculating water-cooling systems, metalworking fluids, and antifreeze, and also serves as a chemical intermediate and a tarnish-preventing surface treatment.
Biocidal Action
Corrosion Inhibition
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Benzylparaben
CAS 94-18-8
A benzyl-ester paraben for antimicrobial preservation of personal-care systems. PubChem/CIR classify it as a cosmetic antimicrobial. It is supplied in bulk as a preservative ingredient for personal-care formulations.
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Phosphate Esters & Derivatives
Bis(hexamethylene Triamine Penta(methylene Phosphonic Acid)) (BHMTPMPA)
CAS 34690-00-1
A high-charge-density aminophosphonate sequestrant engineered for scale and corrosion control in demanding aqueous systems. Documented uses include service as an anti-scaling agent and corrosion inhibitor, with industrial reporting in oil and gas drilling, extraction, and chemical manufacturing.
Chelation / Sequestration
Scale Inhibition
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Bronopol (2-Bromo-2-Nitropropane-1,3-Diol)
CAS 52-51-7
A bromonitro diol biocide effective at low dose for preserving water-based industrial fluids and formulated products. It controls microbial growth in industrial water systems, cooling towers, metalworking fluids, paints, adhesives, and paper-mill systems, and is used as a preservative in cosmetics and personal-care formulations.
Preservation
Biocidal Action
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Calcium Caprylate (Calcium Octanoate)
CAS 2115-00-6
The calcium salt of caprylic acid, supplied as a food-grade additive. It is supplied as a food-grade (FCC) additive; caprylate salts of this type function as antimicrobial and preservative additives in food.
Preservation
Crosslinking / Curing
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Acids & Salts
Calcium Chloride
CAS 10043-52-4
A hygroscopic calcium salt used for de-icing, dust control, drying, and brine applications. It is used as a pavement de-icer and dust-control agent, as a drying/dehydrating agent (desiccant) for gases and organic liquids, in oilfield fracturing and drilling fluids, and as a food additive (firming…
Viscosity Modification
Moisture Control
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Calcium Citrate (Tricalcium Citrate)
CAS 813-94-5
A free-flowing calcium salt of citric acid valued where soluble calcium and citrate buffering are needed in food and beverage systems. It is used as a food additive functioning as an acidity regulator, sequestrant, buffer, and firming agent, and to improve the baking properties of…
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Calcium Citrate Tetrahydrate (Tricalcium Citrate Tetrahydrate)
CAS 5785-44-4
The hydrated calcium citrate grade supplying soluble calcium for fortified food and supplement applications. It is used as a calcium-fortification and supplement ingredient, a sequestrant, and a buffer in foods, and as an anticaking agent in dry mixes.
Chelation / Sequestration
pH Adjustment
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Calcium Hydroxide (Slaked Lime, Hydrated Lime)
CAS 1305-62-0
A workhorse alkali for construction, water treatment, and pH control across industrial process streams. It is used in mortar, plaster, and cement; in water and wastewater treatment; in paper-pulp production; in leather dehairing; and as a pH-adjusting and buffering agent, including food-additive use as a…
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
Calcium Hypochlorite (Cal Hypo)
CAS 7778-54-3
A high-available-chlorine solid used to disinfect water and bleach industrial substrates. It is used for water disinfection — including drinking-water and swimming-pool treatment — and as a bleaching agent for paper and textiles; it also functions as an algicide and general oxidizing/sanitizing agent.
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Calcium Oxide (Quicklime)
CAS 1305-78-8
The high-tonnage lime feedstock underpinning metallurgy, construction, and water treatment. It is used in steelmaking as a flux, in construction materials, in non-ferrous ore flotation, in paper-pulp and glass manufacture, in water and sewage treatment, and as a dehydrating agent.
pH Adjustment
Moisture Control
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Caprylyl Glucoside (Capryl Glucoside)
CAS 29836-26-8
A sugar-based non-ionic surfactant prized for mildness in cleansing systems. It is used as a mild surfactant and detergent in cleansing and personal-care formulations, and is permitted as an inert ingredient in non-food pesticide products.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
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Acids & Salts
Carbamide Peroxide (Urea Peroxide, Urea Hydrogen Peroxide)
CAS 124-43-6
A stable, dry-handling source of hydrogen peroxide for oxidation and bleaching duties. It is used as a controlled oxidizing and bleaching agent - including hair bleaching and oxidation of permanent-wave systems - and in plastics manufacture, blueprint development, and starch modification.
pH Adjustment
Biocidal Action
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Polymers & Resins
Carbomer
CAS 9003-01-4
A high-molecular-weight acrylic acid polymer that swells into clear, high-yield gels at very low use levels. After neutralization in water it forms clear gels; it is used as a thickener, gelling agent, emulsion stabilizer and suspending agent across personal-care, household and industrial formulations.
Surfactancy
Film Formation
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Acids & Salts
Caustic Soda Beads (Sodium Hydroxide)
CAS 1310-73-2
A high-purity solid alkali for neutralization, saponification, and pH control across heavy industry. It is used to neutralize acids and produce sodium salts, to saponify fats in soap manufacture, and across petroleum refining, pulp and paper, textile processing, metal cleaning, and water treatment.
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Cetalkonium Chloride (Benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium Chloride)
CAS 122-18-9
A benzyl quaternary ammonium surfactant for material-protection and water-repellent systems. Per the Merck Index it is used as a germicide and fungicide in leather processing, textile dyeing, and silicone-based water-repellent formulations, and it is classified as a cosmetic preservative.
Biocidal Action
Preservation
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