Esters
1-(2-Carboxylatoethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-isoheptadecyl-1H-imidazolium (Imidazoline-Derived Amphoteric Surfactant)
CAS 68630-96-6
An imidazolinium-based amphoteric surfactant offering mild cleansing and conditioning in surfactant blends. It is documented as a surfactant used for cleansing, foaming, and hair conditioning in personal-care formulations.
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Amines & Amides
Acetamide MEA (N-Acetylethanolamine)
CAS 142-26-7
A hydroxy-functional amide used as a humectant and plasticizer across paper, ink, and personal-care systems. It is used as a humectant and plasticizer in paper products, glues, cork, and inks, and as a textile conditioner; in personal care it functions as a humectant and antistatic…
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Polymers & Resins
Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
CAS 176429-87-1
A hydrophobically modified acrylic thickener that emulsifies and gels oily phases with minimal additional emulsifier. It is used as a rheology modifier, emulsion stabilizer and gelling agent that thickens and stabilizes emulsions, including those with high oil or electrolyte loads.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Acrylates/Steareth-20 Methacrylate Copolymer
CAS 676168-27-7
An associative acrylic thickener engineered to build viscosity and stabilize surfactant and emulsion systems. Copolymers of this class function as rheology modifiers and thickeners, building viscosity and providing suspension and emulsion stability in aqueous personal-care and household formulations.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Alcohols, C9-11 Ethoxylated (C9-11 Pareth, Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylate)
CAS 68439-46-3
A biodegradable nonionic workhorse surfactant for cleaning, wetting, and emulsification. Alcohol ethoxylates of this type are general-purpose wetting, emulsifying, and detergent surfactants used in household and industrial cleaners and as emulsifiers and dispersants in processing formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Alkyl Polyglucoside (APG)
CAS 68515-73-1
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Amino-Functional Silicone (Aminosilicone)
CAS 71750-80-6
An amine-modified siloxane that anchors to fiber surfaces to deliver durable softness and smoothness. The pendant amine groups give it strong substantivity to fibers, making it a softening and conditioning agent for textile finishing.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Ammonium C10-16 Alkyl Ether Sulfate (Ammonium Laureth Sulfate)
CAS 32612-48-9
A C10-16 alkyl ether sulfate sold to formulators who want a broad-cut ethoxylated anionic surfactant for foaming systems. an ammonium laureth sulfate of broad alkyl distribution.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Ammonium C10-16 Alkyl Ether Sulfate (Ammonium Laureth Sulfate)
CAS 74455-22-4
An ammonium-salt ether sulfate selected where high foam volume is the formulation target. It delivers foaming, wetting, and detergency in cleaning concentrates and personal-care cleansers.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Ammonium Laureth Sulfate (ALES, Ammonium Lauryl Ether Sulfate)
CAS 32612-48-9
A high-foaming anionic surfactant for personal-care and detergent producers who need dependable lather with reduced harshness versus non-ethoxylated sulfates. It functions as a foaming and cleansing agent across personal-care and household-detergent systems, the same surfactant role established for the laureth and lauryl sulfate family.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Ammonium Laureth Sulfate (Ammonium C10-16 Alkyl Ether Sulfate)
CAS 67762-19-0
An ammonium-neutralized ether-sulfate surfactant supplied for high-foam cleaning concentrates. It provides foaming, wetting, and detergency in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (ALS)
CAS 2235-54-3
Supplied as a roughly 30% active aqueous solution, this anionic surfactant gives formulators a ready-to-blend foaming base. It is used as an anionic detergent and surface-active agent in shampoos, bath products, hand soaps, and skin-cleansing preparations.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Ammonium Myreth Sulfate (AMS)
CAS 90583-18-9
A milder C14-based ether sulfate for personal-care formulators seeking gentle foam. It is an anionic surfactant used as a foaming and cleansing agent in personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Ammonium Salt of Sulfated Alkylphenol Ethoxylate
CAS 68649-55-8
An anionic emulsifier and surfactant for industrial emulsion and cleaning systems. It functions as an emulsifier and wetting/foaming surfactant in industrial formulations.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Amodimethicone, Cetrimonium Chloride, Trideceth-12
A pre-emulsified conditioning concentrate that spares formulators the silicone-emulsification step. Cetrimonium chloride is documented in PubChem as a hair conditioner/softener and cationic surfactant; the system delivers amino-silicone conditioning to hair-care formulations.
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Esters
Beeswax
CAS 8012-89-3
A versatile natural insect wax that structures, emulsifies, and protects across candles, polishes, and cosmetic formulations. It is used in candles, in furniture and leather polishes, as a coating and modeling wax, and as an emollient, emulsifier, and structuring agent in cosmetics.
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Acids & Salts
Behenic Acid (Docosanoic Acid)
CAS 112-85-6
A long-chain C22 fatty acid for emulsification, lubrication, and intermediate synthesis. Established uses include cosmetic emulsifiers and emollients, waxes, plasticizers and stabilizers, lubricating oils, and service as a chemical intermediate; the behenamide derivative is used as an antifoam in detergent manufacture.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Behentrimonium Chloride (BTAC)
CAS 17301-53-0
A long-chain cationic quaternary for conditioning and antistatic personal-care systems. PubChem/CIR classify it as a cosmetic hair-conditioning agent and preservative. Supplied in bulk for personal-care formulation.
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Specialty Additives
Behenyl Alcohol (Docosanol, C22-OH)
CAS 661-19-8
A solid C22 fatty alcohol for emollient, co-emulsifier, and lubricant applications. Established uses include cosmetic emollients and co-emulsifiers, lubricants, synthetic fibers, and service as an evaporation retardant on water surfaces.
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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.
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Acids & Salts
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.
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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.
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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.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Bis-PEG/PPG-20/20 Dimethicone (Dimethicone Copolyol)
CAS 151662-01-0
A silicone polyether (PEG/PPG-modified dimethicone) used as a nonionic emulsifier and surfactant in personal-care formulations. As a silicone-based nonionic surfactant, it is used to emulsify and stabilize silicone and oil phases in personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
C12-13 Pareth-3
CAS 66455-14-9
A short-chain alcohol ethoxylate used as a nonionic surfactant and emulsifier. Alcohol ethoxylates of this type function as surfactants, emulsifiers, and wetting agents in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
C12-16 Alcohols, Ethoxylated and Propoxylated (C12-16 Pareth)
CAS 154248-98-3
A mixed EO/PO fatty-alcohol alkoxylate whose propoxylation lowers foam relative to straight ethoxylates. Alkoxylated alcohols of this type are used as low-foam wetting agents, detergents, and emulsifiers in industrial and institutional cleaning formulations.
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Specialty Additives
Calcium Caseinate
CAS 9005-43-0
A milk-derived protein ingredient used for protein fortification, emulsification, and texture in processed foods. As a food-grade dairy protein it is used for protein fortification and as an emulsifier, water/fat binder, and texturizing agent in processed foods, nutritional products, and coffee whiteners.
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Specialty Additives
Calcium Lignosulfonate
CAS 8061-52-7
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Specialty Additives
Calcium Petroleum Sulfonate
CAS 61789-86-4
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Esters
Calcium Stearate
CAS 1592-23-0
A metallic-soap additive that lubricates, releases, and scavenges acid across plastics and building materials. It stabilizes PVC resins, acts as a release agent for molded plastics, and waterproofs fabrics, cement, and stucco.
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Glycols & Polyols
Canola Oil Glyceride and Corn Oil Blend
CAS 120962-03-0
An antioxidant-stabilized vegetable-oil and glyceride blend formulated for food-grade processing. Fatty-acid glycerides of this type function as emulsifiers in food systems, while TBHQ and citric acid retard oxidation of the oil phase.
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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.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Caprylyl/Myristyl Glucoside
CAS 110615-47-9
A medium-chain APG co-surfactant that lifts foam and solubilizes oils in mild cleansers. It is used as a mild surfactant, foam-boosting co-surfactant, and solubilizer in cleansing and personal-care formulations.
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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.
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Polymers & Resins
Carbomer (Carbomer 940)
CAS 9007-20-9
A crosslinked polyacrylic-acid thickener that gels and stabilizes formulations at fractional-percent loadings. It is used as a rheology modifier, thickener, gelling agent, and emulsion/suspension stabilizer, effective at low loadings to build viscosity and form clear gels.
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Specialty Additives
Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC, Cellulose Gum)
CAS 9004-32-4
A water-soluble cellulose ether delivering thickening, water retention, and suspension across food and industrial systems. It is used as a thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier; in drilling muds, detergents, paints, adhesives, printing inks, and textile sizes; and as a protective colloid and viscosity modifier.
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Acids & Salts
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.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Ceteareth-20
CAS 68439-49-6
A 20-mole ethoxylate of cetearyl alcohol serving as a hydrophilic primary emulsifier for stable lotions and creams. It is used as an oil-in-water emulsifier, surfactant and emulsion stabilizer in creams, lotions and cleansing formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Ceteareth-40
CAS 68439-49-6
A high-EO cetearyl alcohol ethoxylate that emulsifies and solubilizes oil-in-water systems. It is used as an emulsifier and surfactant in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Cetearyl Glucoside
CAS 246159-33-1
A sugar-based emulsifier that builds stable, mild oil-in-water emulsions. It functions as an emulsifier in cosmetic and personal-care formulations, typically as the emulsifying partner in glucoside emulsifier systems.
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Specialty Additives
Cetostearyl Alcohol (Cetearyl Alcohol)
CAS 67762-27-0
A workhorse fatty-alcohol blend that builds body and stabilizes oil-in-water emulsions across creams, lotions, and surfactant systems. It functions as an emollient, emulsion stabilizer, and opacifier in cosmetic and personal-care formulations, and as a thickening and viscosity-building agent.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Cetrimonium Bromide (CTAB)
CAS 57-09-0
A cationic quaternary surfactant valued for strong substantivity to surfaces, fibers, and biological membranes. The bromide and chloride salts are established for use as antiseptics and as cationic surface-active agents.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Cetrimonium Chloride (CTAC)
CAS 1120-20-3
A cationic conditioning surfactant that deposits a smoothing, antistatic film on hair and fiber surfaces. It is used as a hair-conditioning and antistatic agent, a cationic detergent, and a disinfectant/germicide, as well as a softening agent, dispersant, and corrosion inhibitor in industrial systems.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Cetrimonium Chloride (CTAC)
CAS 112-02-7
A cationic conditioning surfactant that lays down a smoothing, antistatic film on hair and synthetic fibers. It is used as a hair-conditioning and antistatic agent, a cationic detergent, and a disinfectant/germicide, as well as a softening agent, dispersant, and corrosion inhibitor in industrial systems.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Cetyl Alcohol (1-Hexadecanol)
CAS 36653-82-4
A C16 fatty alcohol that thickens, opacifies, and stabilizes emulsions while leaving a smooth emollient feel. It is used as an emollient, emulsion modifier, and opacifying agent in cosmetics and as an emulsifying and stiffening aid in pharmaceutical preparations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Cetyl Esters Wax (Synthetic Spermaceti)
A synthetic spermaceti-type wax that adds structure and a smooth, velvety slip to creams, sticks, and balms. It is used in cosmetic and topical formulations as an emollient and as a consistency- and viscosity-building (stiffening) agent.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone (Cetyl Dimethicone Copolyol)
CAS 144243-53-8
A silicone-based emulsifier that stabilizes water droplets in oil and silicone continuous phases. It is used as an emulsifier in cosmetic and personal-care formulations, particularly water-in-oil and water-in-silicone systems.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Cetylpyridinium Chloride (CPC)
CAS 123-03-5
A pyridinium quaternary surfactant combining cationic, surface-active, and preservative functionality. It is used as an antimicrobial agent and preservative in oral-care and personal-care products and as a cationic surfactant; quaternary ammonium chemistry of this type is also applied in algaecide and slimicide systems.
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