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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Esters
Sodium Lauroyl Lactylate
CAS 13557-75-0
A lactic-acid-derived emulsifier bridging oil and water phases in personal-care and food systems. Used as an anionic emulsifier and conditioning surfactant in personal-care and food formulations.
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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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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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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Naphthalenesulfonate Formaldehyde Condensate
CAS 9084-06-4
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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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Polymers & Resins
Sodium Polyacrylate
CAS 9003-04-7
The sodium salt of polyacrylic acid that absorbs many times its weight in water and disperses scale-forming minerals. Depending on grade it is used as a superabsorbent polymer, as a thickener and film former in personal-care and household products, and as a dispersant, antiscalant and…
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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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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 Stearoyl Lactylate (SSL)
CAS 25383-99-7
Lactylate anionic emulsifier for baked-goods and personal-care formulations. PubChem and JECFA classify it as a food emulsifier, and CIR lists it as a cosmetic emulsifying agent.
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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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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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Surfactants - Nonionic
Sorbitan Isostearate (Sorbitan Isooctadecanoate)
CAS 71902-01-7
A branched-chain sorbitan ester emulsifier favored for its light feel and oxidative stability in oil-phase systems. PubChem (CIR ingredient: Sorbitan Isostearate) documents its use as an emulsifying agent in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Sorbitan Laurate (Sorbitan Monolaurate)
CAS 1338-39-2
A short-chain sorbitan ester emulsifier and fiber lubricant bridging food, cosmetic, and textile uses. It is used as an emulsifier, stabilizer, and thickener in foods, cosmetics, and medicinal products, and as a fiber lubricant and softener in the textile industry.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Sorbitan Monooleate (Sorbitan Oleate)
CAS 1338-43-8
An unsaturated sorbitan ester emulsifier for water-in-oil systems, demulsification, and broad industrial duty. It is used as an emulsifier, stabilizer, and thickener in foods, cosmetics, and medicines, as a lubricant and softener in textiles, and as a surfactant and demulsifier in industrial systems.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Sorbitan Monostearate (Sorbitan Stearate)
CAS 1338-41-6
A workhorse sorbitan ester emulsifier and stabilizer spanning bakery, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical bases. It is used as an emulsifier, stabilizer, and thickener in foods, cosmetics, and medicinal products, as a lubricant and softener in textiles, and as a water-in-oil emulsifying agent.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Sorbitan Tristearate
CAS 26658-19-5
A high-stearate sorbitan ester used to control crystallization and emulsify in fat-based and plastic systems. It is used as an emulsifier and dispersing agent, including as a crystallization modifier in fat-based systems and an emulsifier additive in plastics.
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Specialty Additives
Soy Lecithin (Soya Lecithin)
CAS 8030-76-0
A soy-derived phospholipid emulsifier supplied in powder form for food, feed, and industrial wetting duty. Lecithin is an established emulsifier and wetting/dispersing agent used across food, animal feed, and industrial formulations.
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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
Stearamide MEA
CAS 111-57-9
A stearic monoethanolamide used to boost foam and control viscosity in cleansing systems. It is used as an antistatic, viscosity-controlling, and foam-boosting agent in cosmetics, and as a stabilizer and emulsifier in industrial systems.
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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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Surfactants - Nonionic
Steareth-20
CAS 9005-00-9
A 20-mole ethoxylate of stearyl alcohol delivering hydrophilic emulsifying and solubilizing power. It is used as an oil-in-water emulsifier, solubilizer and surfactant in personal-care creams, lotions and cleansers.
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Acids & Salts
Stearic Acid (Octadecanoic Acid)
CAS 57-11-4
A saturated C18 fatty acid that emulsifies and thickens creams, bases soaps and metallic-stearate greases, and activates rubber vulcanization.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Steartrimonium Chloride (Stearyltrimethylammonium Chloride)
CAS 112-03-8
A mono-alkyl trimethyl quaternary-ammonium cationic used for hair conditioning and antistatic effect. It is used as a hair-conditioning agent in cosmetic formulations.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Stearyl Alcohol (1-Octadecanol)
CAS 112-92-5
A C18 fatty alcohol that thickens, opacifies, and stabilizes emulsions while delivering emollient feel. It is used as an emollient, emulsion stabilizer, opacifier, and viscosity-controlling agent in cosmetics and creams, as an antifoam agent, in textile oils and finishes, and as a chemical intermediate.
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Esters
Sulfated Castor Oil (Turkey Red Oil)
CAS 8002-33-3
A classic water-soluble sulfated oil that wets, emulsifies, and levels across textile and leather processing. It is used as a wetting agent, emulsifier, and dyeing/leveling assistant in textiles, in leather fatliquoring, and as a defoaming and processing aid.
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Surfactants - Anionic
TEA-Dodecylbenzenesulfonate (Triethanolamine Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate)
CAS 27323-41-7
An anionic alkylbenzene-sulfonate surfactant in triethanolamine-salt form for cleaning, emulsion, and processing duty. it is an anionic surface-active agent used in household, institutional, and industrial cleaning products, emulsion polymerization, and agricultural and textile processing.
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Surfactants - Anionic
TEA-Lauryl Sulfate (Triethanolamine Lauryl Sulfate)
CAS 139-96-8
An anionic alkyl-sulfate surfactant in triethanolamine-salt form for foaming, wetting, and cleansing applications. it is used as a wetting, foaming, and dispersing agent across industrial, cosmetic, and cleaning applications, as a detergent in shampoos and household and industrial cleaners, and as an emulsifier in emulsion…
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Phosphate Esters & Derivatives
Tetrasodium Etidronate (Tetrasodium HEDP)
CAS 3794-83-0
A tetrasodium phosphonate chelant engineered for scale and corrosion control in industrial water treatment. /CIR, it functions as a chelating, anti-scaling, and dispersing agent in cleaning and water-treatment systems.
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Trideceth-10 (Polyoxyethylene 10 Tridecyl Ether)
CAS 78330-21-9
A 10-mole ethoxylate of branched tridecyl alcohol supplied for emulsification and wetting duty across cleaning and personal-care formulations. As an ethoxylated-alcohol surfactant it functions as an emulsifier, wetting agent, and solubilizer in detergent, household, and industrial cleaning systems.
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