Polymers & Resins
Hydrogen Peroxide-Polyvinylpyrrolidone Complex (PVP-H2O2)
CAS 7722-84-1
A powder-form peroxide-carrier complex supplying stabilized active oxygen for oxidative formulations. It is used as a controlled source of hydrogen peroxide for oxidation and bleaching applications.
Biocidal Action
Film Formation
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Polymers & Resins
Hydrolyzed Polymaleic Anhydride (HPMA)
CAS 26099-09-2
A thermally stable polycarboxylate supplied for boiler, cooling-water, and desalination scale control. It is used in water treatment as a scale and corrosion inhibitor and dispersant, particularly under high-temperature and high-hardness conditions such as boiler and cooling-water systems.
Crosslinking / Curing
Scale Inhibition
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Phosphate Esters & Derivatives
Hydroxyethylidene Diphosphonic Acid (HEDP, Etidronic Acid)
CAS 2809-21-4
A phosphonate chelant supplied for scale and corrosion control in cooling water, detergents, and cleaners. It is used as a sequestrant, scale and corrosion inhibitor, and stabilizer in water treatment, detergents, and industrial cleaning.
Chelation / Sequestration
Corrosion Inhibition
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Specialty Additives
Iodine (I2)
CAS 7553-56-2
An elemental halogen supplied in bulk as a chemical reagent, catalyst, and disinfectant feedstock. Established uses include manufacture of organic and inorganic chemicals and pharmaceuticals, disinfectant production, animal-feed supplementation, catalysis, and photographic, ink, and colorant applications.
Biocidal Action
Synthesis Intermediate
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Solvents - Aliphatic
Isooctane (2,2,4-Trimethylpentane)
CAS 540-84-1
The branched C8 paraffin that defines 100 on the octane scale, a reference-grade hydrocarbon for fuel testing and spectroscopy. It is used as a reference standard in fuel octane-number testing and in spectrophotometric analysis, and as a high-purity solvent, thinner, and chemical intermediate.
Solvency
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Amines & Amides
L-Arginine (Arginine)
CAS 74-79-3
A guanidino-functional amino acid supplied for nutrition, fermentation, and pharmaceutical-intermediate use. It is used as a nutritional supplement and food ingredient, as a substrate in biochemical research and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and as a JECFA-listed flavoring agent.
Conditioning
Moisture Control
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Amines & Amides
L-Arginine Hydrochloride (L-Arginine HCl)
CAS 1119-34-2
The water-soluble hydrochloride salt of L-arginine for supplement, food, and pharmaceutical-grade applications. It is used as a nutritional supplement and food ingredient and as a raw material in pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing.
Conditioning
Moisture Control
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Amines & Amides
L-Arginine Hydrochloride (L-Arginine HCl)
CAS 627-75-8
A water-soluble salt of the basic amino acid arginine for nutrition, fermentation media, and research. It is used as a nutritional supplement ingredient for foods, as a component of cell-culture media, and as a reagent in biochemical research.
Crosslinking / Curing
pH Adjustment
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Amines & Amides
L-Arginine Pyroglutamate (Arginine PCA, Arginine Pidolate)
CAS 56265-06-6
An arginine pidolate salt prized as a naturally derived humectant for moisture-binding cosmetic systems. Industry references record its cosmetic function as a humectant, and it is incorporated into personal-care formulations as a moisture-binding ingredient.
Conditioning
Moisture Control
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Amines & Amides
L-Glutamic Acid (Glutamic Acid)
CAS 56-86-0
The amino acid behind glutamate flavor chemistry, also feeding nutrition and peptide-synthesis supply. It is used as a food flavoring ingredient, as a nutritional supplement, and as a raw material in peptide and pharmaceutical synthesis.
Conditioning
Moisture Control
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Amines & Amides
L-Glutamic Acid Hydrochloride (Glutamic Acid HCl)
CAS 138-15-8
The acidic, water-soluble salt of L-glutamic acid for seasoning and soluble-glutamate applications. As a water-soluble, acidic glutamic-acid source it is used as a food acidulant and seasoning ingredient, as a nutritional supplement, and as a raw material in synthesis.
Crosslinking / Curing
pH Adjustment
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Amines & Amides
L-Glutamine (Glutamine)
CAS 56-85-9
An amide-functional amino acid spanning nutrition, fermentation media, and feed applications. It is used as a nutritional supplement and food flavoring ingredient, as a component of cell-culture media, as a feed additive, and as a substrate for biochemical research.
Conditioning
Synthesis Intermediate
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Amines & Amides
L-Isoleucine (Isoleucine)
CAS 73-32-5
A branched-chain essential amino acid supplied for nutrition, fermentation, and cosmetic formulation. It is used as a nutritional supplement and food flavoring ingredient, as a substrate in biochemical research and culture media, and as an antistatic and skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.
Conditioning
Synthesis Intermediate
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Amines & Amides
L-Leucine (Leucine)
CAS 61-90-5
A branched-chain essential amino acid recognized as a low-concern processing aid and nutrition ingredient. It is used as a nutritional supplement and food flavoring/processing aid, as a substrate for biochemical research, and as a skin- and hair-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.
Conditioning
Synthesis Intermediate
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Amines & Amides
L-Ornithine Hydrochloride (L-Ornithine HCl)
CAS 3184-13-2
The soluble salt of the urea-cycle amino acid ornithine, supplied for food and personal-care formulation. It is used as a food flavoring agent and amino-acid ingredient, and in cosmetics as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
Conditioning
Synthesis Intermediate
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Amines & Amides
L-Theanine (Theanine)
CAS 3081-61-6
Tea-derived amino acid in demand for functional food, beverage, and supplement formulation. It is used as a dietary supplement ingredient and as a food and flavoring additive.
Conditioning
Emolliency
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Specialty Additives
Laccase Enzyme
CAS 80498-15-3
Color / Pigmentation
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Specialty Additives
Lactose Monohydrate
CAS 64044-51-5
The workhorse lactose grade for tablet and capsule filling and dry-blend dilution. It is used as a diluent and filler-binder in pharmaceutical tablets and capsules and as an ingredient in food products.
Thickening / Rheology
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Glycols & Polyols
Laureth-12
CAS 3056-00-6
A high-ethoxylate lauryl surfactant tuned for water solubility, emulsification, and solubilizing power. It is used as an emulsifier, solubilizer, and detergent in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
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Amines & Amides
Linoleamidopropyl Dimethylamine (DMA)
CAS 81613-56-1
An amidoamine conditioning agent that becomes cationic on protonation for substantive hair care. It is used as a conditioning and antistatic surfactant and emulsifier in hair- and skin-care formulations; its tertiary amine can be protonated to a cationic conditioning species.
Conditioning
Surfactancy
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Specialty Additives
Lycopene (Tomato Extract)
CAS 502-65-8
A carotenoid red colorant concentrated from tomato and supplied at a standardized lycopene assay. It is used as a natural red colorant in food and as a cosmetic colorant and antioxidant ingredient.
Preservation
Color / Pigmentation
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Magnesium Aluminum Silicate (Aluminum Magnesium Silicate)
CAS 1327-43-1
A swelling clay that builds yield value and holds particles in suspension across waterborne systems. It is used as a rheology modifier, suspending agent, and thickener in coatings, personal care, and household products, and as an anticaking agent, opacifier, and absorbent.
Color / Pigmentation
Viscosity Modification
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Acids & Salts
Magnesium Chloride
CAS 7786-30-3
A versatile magnesium salt spanning de-icing brines, oxychloride cements, and nutrient supply. It is used for road de-icing and dust control, as the reactive component in magnesium oxychloride (Sorel) cement and wallboard, and as a magnesium source in fertilizers and animal feed.
Viscosity Modification
Moisture Control
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Magnesium Hydroxide (MDH)
CAS 1309-42-8
A high-temperature, halogen-free mineral flame retardant that also neutralizes process acids and treats effluent. In polymers it serves as a halogen-free flame retardant and smoke suppressant with higher thermal stability than aluminum hydroxide.
pH Adjustment
Flame Retardancy
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Surfactants - Anionic
Magnesium Lauryl Sulfate (Magnesium Dodecyl Sulfate)
CAS 3097-08-3
A magnesium-counterion lauryl sulfate surfactant for foaming and cleansing systems. It is used as a cleansing and foaming surfactant in personal-care and household cleaning formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
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Acids & Salts
Magnesium Sulfate (Anhydrous)
CAS 7487-88-9
A dependable anhydrous desiccant and magnesium feedstock for fertilizer, textile, leather, and nutritional uses. It serves as a drying and dehydrating agent and is used across fertilizer manufacture, textile weighting and dyeing, leather tanning, and as a magnesium nutrient source in feed and food.
Thickening / Rheology
Viscosity Modification
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Polymers & Resins
Maleic Acid-Acrylic Acid Copolymer (MA/AA)
CAS 26677-99-6
A low-molecular-weight polycarboxylate used to inhibit scale and disperse particulates in water systems. Used as a scale inhibitor and dispersant in industrial water treatment and as a builder and anti-redeposition agent in detergents.
Film Formation
Scale Inhibition
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Polymers & Resins
Melamine-Formaldehyde Resin (Melamine Resin)
CAS 68002-20-0
A thermosetting amino resin that cures into hard, heat- and scratch-resistant networks. It is used as a crosslinking agent in industrial coatings, as a binder in laminates and molding compounds, and as a finishing resin in textiles.
Film Formation
Crosslinking / Curing
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Solvents - Oxygenated
Methyl Isobutyl Carbinol (MIBC, 4-Methyl-2-Pentanol)
CAS 108-11-2
The workhorse frother of sulfide and coal flotation circuits. It is used as a frother in the froth flotation of copper ores, coal, and tar sands, and as a solvent for dyes, oils, gums, resins, waxes, and cellulose esters.
Solvency
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Specialty Additives
Methylchloroisothiazolinone (CMIT)
CAS 26172-55-4
A broad-spectrum isothiazolinone microbiostat supplied as an in-can preservative for industrial and water-based systems. It is used as a preservative and biocide in cosmetics and across industrial systems including metalworking fluids, latex paints, adhesives, and process waters.
Preservation
Biocidal Action
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Specialty Additives
Methylchloroisothiazolinone/Methylisothiazolinone (CMIT/MIT)
CAS 55965-84-9
A water-based 3:1 isothiazolinone preservative blend supplied for broad-spectrum protection of formulated products. It is used as a broad-spectrum preservative and biocide in cosmetics, personal-care products, and industrial water-based systems.
Biocidal Action
Preservation
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Specialty Additives
Methylisothiazolinone (MIT)
CAS 2682-20-4
A broad-spectrum isothiazolinone preservative that holds back microbial spoilage in water-based systems. It is used as an antimicrobial preservative in paints, latex emulsions, adhesives, metalworking and cutting fluids, paper coatings, and cooling and process water.
Preservation
Biocidal Action
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Mica
CAS 12001-26-2
A platy aluminosilicate mineral that reinforces and insulates across coatings, plastics, and drilling fluids. Ground mica's primary end uses are joint compound, oil-well-drilling additives, paint, roofing, and rubber products.
Thickening / Rheology
Color / Pigmentation
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Acids & Salts
Monosodium Phosphate (MSP, Sodium Phosphate Monobasic)
CAS 7558-80-7
An acidic sodium phosphate buffer for food, water treatment, and cleaning. It is used as an acidity regulator and buffering agent in food, as a sequestrant and emulsifying salt, and in water treatment and cleaning formulations.
pH Adjustment
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Amines & Amides
Morpholine
CAS 110-91-8
A cyclic secondary amine used to inhibit boiler corrosion and build rubber accelerators. It is used as a corrosion inhibitor and pH-control additive in boiler water and steam systems, as a solvent for resins, waxes, casein, and dyes, and as an intermediate in the synthesis…
pH Adjustment
Corrosion Inhibition
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Solvents - Oxygenated
N-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP)
CAS 872-50-4
A high-boiling polar aprotic solvent for resins, coatings, and electronics processing. It is widely used as a solvent for resins, polymers, pigments, and coatings, in paint stripping, and in microelectronics and semiconductor processing.
Solvency
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Nitric Acid (HNO3)
CAS 7697-37-2
A high-volume mineral acid for nitration, metal treatment, and nitrate manufacture. Established uses include manufacture of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, metal pickling, cleaning, and etching, production of nitrates, nitro compounds, and explosives, and service as a wet etchant in semiconductor manufacturing.
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Octylphenol Ethoxylate (Octoxynol)
CAS 9036-19-5
A tert-octylphenol-based nonionic surfactant used where strong wetting and emulsification are required. It is used as a wetting agent, detergent, and emulsifier across industrial cleaning, emulsion, and process applications.
Surfactancy
Wetting
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Acids & Salts
Oleyl Betaine (Oleyldimethyl Betaine)
CAS 871-37-4
An amphoteric, zwitterionic oleyl-chain surfactant used to build foam and impart conditioning in cleansing systems. It functions as a surfactant, foam booster, and antistatic and conditioning agent, and is documented for cleansing applications in personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Specialty Additives
Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3)
CAS 131-57-7
A benzophenone UV absorber that protects polymers and formulations from light-driven degradation. Established uses include UV stabilization of plastics and synthetic resins and service as a UV-absorber/UV-filter ingredient in personal-care formulations.
UV Protection
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Acids & Salts
Palmitic Acid (Hexadecanoic Acid)
CAS 57-10-3
A saturated C16 fatty acid feedstock for metallic soaps, palmitate esters, lubricants and release agents. Established uses include the manufacture of metallic palmitates and palmitate esters such as isopropyl palmitate, soaps and cosmetics, lubricating oils and waterproofing, mold-release in plastics, and service as a surfactant…
Emolliency
Surfactancy
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Specialty Additives
Paraformaldehyde (Paraform)
CAS 30525-89-4
A dry, depolymerizable formaldehyde source for resin synthesis and industrial biocide duties. Established uses include production of formaldehyde-based resins, wood preservation, leather tanning, and service as a disinfectant, fumigant and fungicide in industrial settings.
Biocidal Action
Preservation
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Glycols & Polyols
Pentaerythritol
CAS 115-77-5
A tetrafunctional polyol that delivers high crosslink density to alkyds, esters, and radiation-cure resins. Industry references record its use in alkyd resins, rosin and tall-oil esters, radiation-cure monomers, synthetic lubricants, and antioxidant intermediates.
Crosslinking / Curing
Synthesis Intermediate
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Glycols & Polyols
Pentaerythrityl Tetracaprylate/Tetracaprate
CAS 68441-68-9
A short-chain pentaerythritol ester used as a low-viscosity emollient base in cosmetic formulating. Within the pentaerythritol-ester class it serves as an emollient and spreading agent in skin-care formulations.
Emolliency
Lubrication
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Glycols & Polyols
Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate
CAS 62125-22-8
A branched pentaerythritol ester used as an emollient and emulsifier in cosmetic and color-cosmetic formulating. It is used as an emollient, emulsifier and skin-conditioning agent in cosmetic formulations and as a lubricating agent.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Emolliency
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Glycols & Polyols
Pentaerythrityl Tetrapelargonate (Pentaerythrityl Tetranonanoate)
CAS 14450-05-6
A pentaerythritol-based fatty ester supplied as an emollient and lubricant base for cosmetic formulating. It is used as an emollient and lubricant in cosmetic formulations and as a processing aid.
Emolliency
Lubrication
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Phosphate Esters & Derivatives
Pentasodium Aminotrimethylene Phosphonate (ATMP-Na5)
CAS 2235-43-0
A pentasodium phosphonate that sequesters metal ions to control scale and corrosion in industrial water systems. It is used as a scale and corrosion inhibitor in cooling and boiler water treatment, as a chelating and dispersing agent, and as a stabilizer for peroxide bleaching solutions…
Chelation / Sequestration
Scale Inhibition
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Acids & Salts
Peracetic Acid (Peroxyacetic Acid, PAA)
CAS 79-21-0
A peroxy-based oxidizing agent applied in sanitizing, bleaching and oxidation processes across the food, paper and chemical industries. Established uses include disinfection and sanitizing in food and industrial settings, bleaching of paper and textiles, epoxidation in organic synthesis, and service as a polymerization catalyst and…
pH Adjustment
Biocidal Action
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