Functional Role

Viscosity Modifiers

139 products serving this function

Viscosity modifiers tune flow and body across formulations, from thinning to high-yield gels. RawSource supplies polymers, gums, and associative thickeners in bulk.

Glycols & Polyols
Polyethylene Glycol 8 (PEG-8)
CAS 5117-19-1
A liquid PEG grade chosen for high water solubility and humectancy. It is used as a humectant, water-soluble solvent, and carrier in formulated systems.
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Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate
CAS 66082-42-6
A branched-chain polyglycerol ester that emulsifies oil phases while contributing emollient slip. It is used as an emulsifier and emollient in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Polymers & Resins
Polypropylene (PP)
CAS 9003-07-0
A lightweight, chemically resistant polyolefin spanning rigid packaging, fibers, and automotive parts. It is converted into rigid packaging, fibers and nonwovens, films, and molded components for automotive and consumer goods.
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Polymers & Resins
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVOH)
CAS 9002-89-5
A water-soluble synthetic polymer valued for film strength, adhesion, and emulsion-stabilizing power across textiles, paper, and packaging. Established uses include textile warp sizing, paper sizing and coating, water-based adhesives, protective-colloid and stabilizer duty in emulsion polymerization, and water-soluble films and fibers.
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Chloride (MOP, Muriate of Potash)
CAS 7447-40-7
The dominant source of agronomic potassium, doubling as a brine salt for oilfield drilling and completion fluids. It is the most widely used potash fertilizer and also serves as a feedstock for other potassium chemicals, as a shale-stabilizing salt in oilfield drilling and completion fluids,…
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Glycols & Polyols
Propanediol (1,3-Propanediol, PDO)
CAS 504-63-2
The diol monomer behind PTT fibers, with a second life as a solvent and functional-fluid base. It also serves as a chain extender in thermoplastic polyurethanes and as a solvent.
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Glycols & Polyols
Propylene Carbonate (PC)
CAS 108-32-7
A polar aprotic cyclic carbonate prized as a battery-electrolyte and gas-treating solvent with low volatility. It is used as an electrolyte solvent in lithium batteries, in carbon-dioxide and acid-gas removal, as a solvent in surface coatings and paint removers, and as a plasticizer.
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Glycols & Polyols
Propylene Glycol (MPG, PG)
CAS 57-55-6
A versatile diol that functions as humectant, solvent, and freeze-point depressant across food-grade and industrial systems. It is used as a humectant and solvent, as an antifreeze, de-icing, and heat-transfer fluid, and as a raw material for unsaturated polyester resins.
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Specialty Additives
Propylene Glycol Alginate (PGA, E405)
CAS 9005-37-2
A seaweed-derived alginate ester that thickens, stabilizes emulsions, and holds foam in acidic food and beverage systems. It is used as a thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifier in food and beverage systems and as a foam stabilizer in beer.
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Specialty Additives
Sclerotium Gum (Scleroglucan)
CAS 39464-87-4
A fermentation-derived polysaccharide for rheology control and emulsion stability. It is used as a thickener, viscosity-control agent, and emulsion stabilizer in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Shea Butter (Butyrospermum Parkii)
CAS 194043-92-0
A plant-derived solid fat that brings natural emolliency and a firm melt profile to balms, sticks, and creams. It is used as an emollient and skin-conditioning ingredient across cosmetic and personal-care formulations, and as a structuring fat in stick and balm bases.
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Specialty Additives
Shellac
CAS 9000-59-3
A natural lac-derived resin that forms hard, fast-drying films for wood finishing, sealing, and coating. It is used in wood finishes, sealers, and primers, as a film-former in coatings and inks, as a glaze and coating resin, and as an electrical insulating material.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Silica Dimethyl Silylate (Hydrophobic Fumed Silica)
CAS 68611-44-9
Fumed silica capped with dimethylsilyl groups so it thickens oils and stays free-flowing in moisture. It is used as a rheology modifier and anti-settling thickener for non-aqueous and oil-rich systems, as an anti-caking and flow aid, and as an absorbent and bulking agent.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Silica Dimethyl Silylate [Nano]
CAS 68611-44-9
A hydrophobic silica used as a thickening agent in cosmetics.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 1,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The classic antifoam base oil at 1,000 cSt — tenacious yet still dispersible. Dimethicone (PDMS) for foam control, tenacious lubrication and conditioning.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 10 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The broad low-viscosity workhorse at 10 cSt — fast-spreading like the thin grades but leaving a more persistent film. Dimethicone (PDMS) for cosmetic, dielectric and antifoam use.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 10,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
A high-viscosity 10,000 cSt dimethicone (PDMS) built for damping and durable, shear-stable lubrication that changes little over temperature.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 100 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The balanced 100 cSt grade — a coherent, uniform dimethicone (PDMS) film without the drag of heavier oils. The personal-care and polish-glide workhorse.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 100,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
An instrument-grade damping fluid at 100,000 cSt — steady, temperature-insensitive damping that meets Federal Spec VV-D-1078. Very high-viscosity dimethicone (PDMS).
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 12,500 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The polish-active grade at 12,500 cSt — a high-viscosity dimethicone (PDMS) that builds depth of gloss, and a recognised damping and hydraulic-stabiliser medium.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 350 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The general-purpose 350 cSt grade — a durable, low-migration dimethicone (PDMS) film, also offered NSF H1 food-grade for incidental-contact duty.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 5 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
A thin, fast-wetting 5 cSt dimethicone (PDMS) chosen where low viscosity and a dry, residue-free feel matter most — the lightest non-volatile silicone oil grade.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 50 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
A light mid-viscosity 50 cSt dimethicone (PDMS) that penetrates and coats evenly — picked where flow, fiber wet-out and bath circulation outweigh film durability.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 500,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The apex damping and torque-transfer grade at 500,000 cSt — dimethicone (PDMS) at the fluid-to-gum boundary, for torsional dampers and viscous couplings.
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 60,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
A very-high-viscosity 60,000 cSt dimethicone (PDMS) for vibration and shock damping, plastics slip/anti-block and slow-migrating release films.
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Specialty Additives
Sodium Alginate (Algin)
CAS 9005-38-3
A seaweed-derived hydrocolloid that builds viscosity and forms gels in water-based systems. It functions as a thickening, gelling, and film-forming agent, and is widely used as a print-paste thickener in textile reactive dyeing and as a stabilizer in food systems.
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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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Acids & Salts
Sodium Chloride (Industrial Salt)
CAS 7647-14-5
Bulk industrial salt for brine systems, leather processing, and chlor-alkali feedstock supply. It is used in hide preservation and the pickling stage of leather production, as brine for ion-exchange regeneration, and as a feedstock for chlor-alkali production.
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Sodium Humate
CAS 68131-04-4
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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 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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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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Acids & Salts
Sodium Sulfate (Salt Cake)
CAS 7757-82-6
Commodity inorganic sulfate for kraft pulping, glassmaking, and detergent filling. HSDB documents its use in the manufacture of kraft paper, paperboard, and glass, as a filler in synthetic detergents, in textile dyeing and printing, and as a drying agent for organic liquids.
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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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Specialty Additives
Starch
CAS 9005-25-8
A versatile plant polysaccharide used as a thickener, binder, and sizing agent across food and industry. It is an established thickener, binder, and stabilizer in food and a sizing and adhesive base in paper and textile processing.
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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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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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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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Polymers & Resins
Tricontanyl PVP
CAS 136445-69-7
An alkylated PVP polymer used as a formulation additive in personal care. It is supplied as an ingredient for cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Glycols & Polyols
Triethylene Glycol (TEG)
CAS 112-27-6
A moisture-loving glycol for humectant, solvent, and air-sanitation duty. It is used as a humectant, a solvent for resins, dyes, and textile processing, a plasticizer, and as a disinfectant/air-sanitizing agent.
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Glycols & Polyols
Vegetable Glycerin (Glycerin, Glycerol)
CAS 56-81-5
A versatile plant-sourced polyol that moisturizes, dissolves, and bodies formulations across countless categories. It functions as a humectant, solvent, and emulsifier across food, personal-care, and industrial formulations, and serves as a carrier solvent, thickener, and antifreeze/freeze-thaw additive.
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Zinc Stearate
CAS 557-05-1
A metallic-soap lubricant and release agent that pulls double duty as a PVC stabilizer component. It is a release agent and lubricant in the rubber and plastics industries and a stabilizer component in PVC systems.
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