Acids & Salts
Sodium Carbonate Monohydrate (Soda Ash)
CAS 5968-11-6
The hydrated soda-ash grade feeding glassmaking, water treatment, and alkaline process chemistry. It is used to manufacture glass, sodium salts, and soap; in textile washing, scouring, and bleaching and in water softening; and in photography and analytical chemistry as an alkalizer and acid-base standard.
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Esters
Sodium Carboxymethyl Stearyl Hydroxyethyl Imidazolinium Hydroxide
CAS 68140-00-1
An imidazoline-based amphoteric surfactant that cleanses gently and tempers harsher anionics. It is used as a mild cleansing and foaming surfactant and as a conditioning co-surfactant in personal-care and cleaning formulations.
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Specialty Additives
Sodium Coco PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate (SCPDC)
CAS 173010-79-2
A coconut-derived, phosphate-functional conditioning surfactant that deposits softness onto hair and skin. It is used as an antistatic and hair- and skin-conditioning surfactant in personal-care formulations, contributing substantivity and conditioning to rinse-off and leave-on products.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Coco Sulfate (SCS)
CAS 97375-27-4
A coconut-based alkyl-sulfate surfactant delivering dense, stable foam in bars and liquids alike. It is used as a foaming and cleansing surfactant in shampoos, toothpastes, bar and liquid cleansers, and household and industrial cleaning products.
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Surfactants - Amphoteric
Sodium Cocoamphopropionate
CAS 68604-71-7
A coconut-derived amphoteric co-surfactant for liquid cleansing systems. Used as a secondary surfactant and co-surfactant in personal-care and household cleansing formulations alongside primary anionic surfactants.
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Esters
Sodium Cocoate
CAS 61789-31-9
Coconut-oil soap supplied in bulk as a surfactant and saponified cleansing base. Functions as a surfactant and cleansing base in bar and liquid soap formulations.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Cocoyl Glutamate
CAS 68187-30-4
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (SCI)
CAS 61789-32-0
A coconut-based acyl-isethionate surfactant engineered for syndet cleansing bars. Used as a primary cleansing surfactant in synthetic-detergent (syndet) bars, facial and body cleansers, and shampoos.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Cumene Sulfonate
CAS 28348-53-0
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS, LAS)
CAS 25155-30-0
A workhorse anionic surfactant supplying detergency and emulsification across laundry, institutional, and industrial cleaning systems. It is used as the primary detergent active in heavy-duty laundry, dishwashing, and hard-surface cleaners, and as an emulsifier and wetting agent in industrial formulations.
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Esters
Sodium Gluconate
CAS 527-07-1
A biodegradable chelant prized for sequestering metal ions across cleaning, concrete, and water-treatment systems. Used as a chelating and sequestering agent in industrial and institutional cleaning and metal surface treatment, as a set retarder and water reducer in concrete and mortar, and as a sequestrant…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Isostearoyl Lactylate
CAS 66988-04-3
A lactylate emulsifier that stabilizes oil-in-water systems in personal-care formulations. Used as an anionic emulsifier and conditioning agent in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Amines & Amides
Sodium Lauraminopropionate
CAS 14960-06-6
An amino-acid-based amphoteric surfactant for personal-care cleansing systems. Used as a surfactant, cleansing, and conditioning agent in personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES, Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate)
CAS 68891-38-3
The high-volume ethoxylated sulfate surfactant at the core of foaming cleansers and detergents. Used as a primary foaming and cleansing surfactant in shampoos, bubble baths, and household and industrial detergents.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)
CAS 3088-31-1
A high-foaming ethoxylated sulfate surfactant that anchors cleansing and detergent systems. Used as a primary foaming and cleansing surfactant in shampoos, bubble baths, and household and industrial detergents.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)
CAS 9004-82-4
High-foam anionic ether sulfate supplied for personal-care and household cleaning concentrates. PubChem and HSDB classify it as a surfactant used in household detergents, shampoos, and bubble baths.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Sodium Laureth-12 Sulfate
CAS 68585-34-2
A higher-ethoxylate laureth sulfate offering surfactancy in cleansing and detergent systems. Used as a foaming and cleansing surfactant in personal-care and detergent formulations.
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Surfactants - Amphoteric
Sodium Lauroamphoacetate
CAS 156028-14-7
A lauric-derived amphoteric surfactant used as a secondary surfactant in cleansing systems. Used as a secondary surfactant and co-surfactant in personal-care cleansers, including shampoos and baby washes.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lauroamphodiacetate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Hexylene Glycol Blend
A pre-formulated amphoteric/anionic surfactant base for ready-to-build cleansers. Used as a cleansing surfactant base for personal-care formulations such as shampoos and body washes.
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Amines & Amides
Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
CAS 137-16-6
An N-acyl sarcosinate surfactant delivering foam and cleansing in personal care and corrosion control in metalworking. Used as a foaming and cleansing surfactant in toothpastes, shampoos, and other personal-care products, and as an anti-corrosion additive in metal finishing.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
CAS 151-21-3
A high-foaming anionic surfactant — SLS cleanses, emulsifies and wets across personal-care, household and industrial formulations, and denatures proteins for SDS-PAGE in the lab.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lauryl Sulfoacetate (SLSA)
CAS 1847-58-1
Sulfoacetate foaming surfactant for bath, dentifrice, and personal-cleansing formulations. PubChem and HSDB record its use as a foaming or dispersing agent in dentifrices, bubble baths, and other bath preparations, and as a wetting agent in surfactant systems.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lignosulfonate (Sodium Ligninsulfonate)
CAS 8061-51-6
Lignin-derived anionic dispersant and binder for concrete, drilling, agriculture, and mineral processing. HSDB documents its use as a dispersant, emulsion stabilizer, chelating agent, and ore-flotation agent, and in concrete admixtures, oil-well drilling muds, and as a soil stabilizer and road binder.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate (LAS, SDBS)
CAS 68411-30-3
The backbone anionic surfactant of modern detergents, delivering cleaning power across consumer and industrial formulations. It is used as the primary detergent active in household and industrial laundry, dishwashing, and cleaning products.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Metasilicate Pentahydrate
CAS 10213-79-3
Hydrated alkaline silicate that dissolves readily into detergent and cleaning concentrates. Industry references record use of alkali-metal silicates as starting materials for silicas and zeolites, in detergents and cleaners, and in pulp and paper production; it is also a foundry mold and core material and…
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Metasilicate, Anhydrous
CAS 6834-92-0
Anhydrous alkaline silicate builder for heavy-duty detergents, metal cleaning, and foundry binders. PubChem and Hawley list its use in detergents and cleaners, metal cleaning, foundry molds, paper and textile bleaching, ore treatment, and drilling fluids, and as a starting material for silica gels and zeolites.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate (SMCT)
CAS 12765-39-8
Coconut-derived taurate surfactant for high-foam, sulfate-free personal-cleansing systems. PubChem classifies the N-acyl methyl taurate family as cleansing, foaming surfactants for cosmetic formulations.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Methyl Oleoyl Taurate
CAS 4337-75-1
Oleoyl taurate anionic surfactant for foaming and wetting in cleansing formulations. PubChem classifies it as a cleansing, foaming surfactant for cosmetic formulations. It also acts as a wetting agent in aqueous surfactant systems.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Myreth Sulfate
CAS 25446-80-4
Myristyl ether-sulfate surfactant for foam and detergency in cleansing concentrates. Industry references record it as a CIR-reviewed ingredient present in personal-care and pet-care products.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Naphthalene Sulfonate Formaldehyde Condensate (SNF)
CAS 36290-04-7
An anionic sulfonate dispersant that deflocculates particles in cementitious and colorant systems. It is used as a high-range water-reducing admixture (superplasticizer) for concrete and as a dispersing agent for dyes and pigments.
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Esters
Sodium Oleate
CAS 143-19-1
Fatty-acid soap and emulsifier for flotation, emulsion polymerization, and oil/water systems. HSDB documents its use in ore flotation, textile waterproofing, metal polishes, and polymer curing, and as an emulsifier for oil/water systems and in the emulsion polymerization of butadiene.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Sodium Perborate Monohydrate
CAS 10332-33-9
Active-oxygen peroxoborate bleach for powdered detergents and cleaning products. PubChem classifies it as an oxidizing agent, and it is used as an oxygen-bleach source in detergents and cleaning products.
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Specialty Additives
Sodium Percarbonate
CAS 15630-89-4
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium PPG-16/PEG-2 Lauryl Ether Sulfate
CAS 68891-38-3
Polymeric ether-sulfate surfactant for foam and detergency in aqueous cleansing systems. As an alkyl ether sulfate it provides foam, detergency, and wetting in personal-care and household cleansing formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Sesquicarbonate (Trona)
CAS 533-96-0
Carbonate-bicarbonate double salt for moderate-alkalinity cleaning, water softening, and bath products. HSDB documents its use as a detergent and soap builder, a mild alkaline agent for general cleaning and water softening, in bath salts, and in leather tanning.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Silicate Solution (Water Glass)
CAS 1344-09-8
Aqueous soluble-silicate binder and adhesive for foundry, paper, and construction use. PubChem and Hawley document its use in adhesives and binders, foundry molds, detergents, paper bleaching, ore treatment, and drilling fluids, and as a starting material for silica gels and zeolites.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Stearoyl Glutamate
CAS 38517-37-2
A glutamic-acid-derived anionic surfactant that emulsifies oil-in-water systems and forms liquid-crystal structures. It is used as an emulsifier and cleansing surfactant and as a hair- and skin-conditioning agent in personal-care formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Tetraborate Decahydrate (Borax)
CAS 1303-96-4
A hydrated borate that moves between glass-and-ceramic fluxing, cleaning chemistry, and pH buffering. It is used as a buffering and chelating agent, a flux and raw material in glass and ceramics, a detergent builder, and a flame retardant; it also carries registered insecticidal and herbicidal…
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Toluenesulfonate
CAS 657-84-1
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Trideceth Sulfate
CAS 25446-78-0
Tridecyl ether-sulfate surfactant for foam and detergency in liquid cleansing formulations. PubChem classifies it as a surfactant within the EPA Safer Chemical surfactant class.
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Polymers & Resins
Sodium Tridecyl Ether Sulfate (Sodium C13 Alkyl Ether Sulfate)
CAS 54116-08-4
A C13 ether-sulfate surfactant supplied as a high-active anionic cleaning base. It functions as a foaming, wetting, and detergency agent in aqueous cleaning formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STPP)
CAS 7758-29-4
A high-sequestering inorganic polyphosphate builder that softens water and disperses solids across detergent, ceramic, and water-treatment systems. Industry references record its use in water softening, heavy-duty fabric and automatic-dishwashing detergents, drilling-fluid treatment, and as a sequestering, dispersing, and anti-caking agent; it is also recognized as…
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Xylene Sulfonate (SXS)
CAS 1300-72-7
A short-chain aromatic sulfonate hydrotrope that keeps high-active liquid cleaners clear and pourable. It is used as a hydrotropic solvent and solubilizer in liquid household detergents, shampoos, degreasing compounds, leather glues, and textile printing pastes.
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Amines & Amides
Soyamide DEA
CAS 68155-07-7
A soy fatty-acid diethanolamide used to build foam and viscosity in surfactant-based cleansing systems. Materials of this class are used as foam boosters/stabilizers and viscosity builders in cleansing and personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Stearalkonium Chloride
CAS 122-19-0
A cationic quaternary-ammonium surfactant used for hair conditioning and antistatic performance. It is used as a cationic surfactant, emulsifier, and conditioning/antistatic agent, including in personal-care products and industrial cleaners.
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Amines & Amides
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine
CAS 7651-02-7
An amidoamine conditioning agent that gives cationic substantivity in acid-charged hair systems. It is used as a hair-conditioning, emulsifying, antistatic, and surfactant ingredient in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Amphoteric
Stearamine Oxide (Stearyl Dimethylamine Oxide)
CAS 2571-88-2
A long-chain amine-oxide surfactant for foam boosting, conditioning, and mild cleansing. It is used as a foam-boosting, cleansing, hydrotrope, hair-conditioning, and antistatic surfactant in personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Steareth-10
CAS 9005-00-9
An ethoxylated stearyl alcohol that serves as a nonionic emulsifier and solubilizer across formulated systems. It is used as a surfactant and permeation enhancer, and in the manufacture of cosmetics, cleaning and laundry products, construction chemicals, coatings, and textiles.
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