Activated Carbon (Activated Charcoal, GAC)
CAS 7440-44-0
A high-surface-area adsorbent for purification of water, air, gases, and process streams. It is used as an adsorbent for purification and decolorization of water, air, gases, and liquids, and as a reducing agent in process applications.
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Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate (AlCl3·6H2O)
CAS 7784-13-6
The water-soluble hydrated aluminum chloride used in cosmetic astringent and industrial processing formulations. It is used as an astringent/antiperspirant ingredient in cosmetics and as a precursor and processing aid in textile dyeing, wood preservation, and photographic and petroleum applications.
Color / Pigmentation
pH Adjustment
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Aluminum Chloride, Anhydrous (AlCl3)
CAS 7446-70-0
The benchmark Lewis-acid catalyst for Friedel-Crafts chemistry and a precursor to aluminum compounds. It is the classic catalyst for Friedel-Crafts acylation and alkylation and serves as a chemical intermediate for numerous aluminum compounds, with further use in petroleum cracking and the manufacture of rubbers and…
Color / Pigmentation
pH Adjustment
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Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
CAS 50-81-7
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is a water-soluble antioxidant and reducing agent for food preservation, fortification, personal care and analysis.
Preservation
pH Adjustment
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Barium Sulfate (Barite, Barytes)
CAS 7727-43-7
A high-density, inert sulfate that adds weight to drilling muds and body to filled formulations. Its high specific gravity makes it the standard weighting agent in oil- and gas-well drilling fluids and a high-density aggregate for radiation-shielding concrete.
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Beta-Carotene
CAS 7235-40-7
A carotenoid pigment and provitamin A in a water-dispersible form for food and supplement use. Established uses include service as a yellow/orange colorant for foods, a provitamin A source in nutritional supplements and animal feed, and a cosmetic colorant.
Color / Pigmentation
Preservation
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Calcium Carbonate
CAS 471-34-1
A versatile mineral filler, extender, and acid-neutralizing additive across plastics, paper, coatings, and food. It is used as a filler and extender in plastics, paper, paints, adhesives, and sealants; as an opacifier, pH/buffering agent, and abrasive; and as a food additive (dough conditioner, anti-caking, and…
Color / Pigmentation
pH Adjustment
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Carbon Black (CB)
CAS 1333-86-4
Engineered elemental carbon that reinforces rubber and delivers deep, durable black coloration. It is used as a reinforcing filler in rubber, including tires, and as a black pigment in inks, coatings and plastics.
Color / Pigmentation
UV Protection
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Emolliency
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Chromium(III) Oxide (Chromium Oxide Green, Cr2O3)
CAS 1308-38-9
A heat- and light-stable green oxide spanning pigments, abrasives, refractories and chromium metallurgy. Its hardness suits it to abrasive and polishing compounds and its thermal stability to refractory materials.
Color / Pigmentation
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Expandable Graphite
CAS 7782-42-5
Flame Retardancy
Film Formation
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Ferric Hydroxide
CAS 1310-14-1
Chelation / Sequestration
Color / Pigmentation
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Fumed Silica (Pyrogenic Silica, Colloidal Silicon Dioxide)
CAS 112945-52-5
A pyrogenic silica that builds viscosity and controls flow at low loadings across liquids and powders. It is used as a thickening and anti-settling agent, as an anti-caking agent in powders and foods, as a pharmaceutical excipient, and as a viscosity-controlling and bulking ingredient in…
Thickening / Rheology
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Hydrotalcite (Synthetic Magnesium Aluminum Hydroxycarbonate)
CAS 11097-59-9
Synthesis Intermediate
Thickening / Rheology
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Iron Oxide Black (Synthetic, CI 77499)
CAS 12227-89-3
A synthetic black iron-oxide pigment supplied in bulk for coatings, plastics, and construction coloring. It is used as a colorant in paints and coatings, plastics, construction materials, and cosmetics, and serves as a filler and adsorbent.
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Iron Oxide Red (Fe2O3, CI 77491)
CAS 1309-37-1
A red iron-oxide (hematite) pigment and polishing abrasive supplied in bulk for industrial color and finishing. It is used as a pigment for paints, paper, ceramics, and construction, as a polishing abrasive (jeweler's rouge), and as a catalyst.
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Iron Oxide Yellow (Synthetic, CI 77492)
CAS 51274-00-1
A synthetic yellow iron-oxide pigment supplied for coatings, polymers, and construction coloring. It is used as a coloring agent in paints, lacquers, varnishes, and polymers, as a cosmetic colorant, and as a food colorant.
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Kaolin (China Clay)
CAS 1332-58-7
A bright, inert aluminosilicate clay that coats paper, builds ceramics and extends filled compounds. Its largest uses are as a coating pigment and filler in paper and as a body and glaze raw material in ceramics, tiles and sanitary ware.
Thickening / Rheology
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Lithium Silicate
CAS 12627-14-4
Film Formation
Coupling / Adhesion Promotion
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Menthol (Menthol Crystals)
CAS 89-78-1
Crystalline mint terpene supplied to flavor, fragrance, and oral-care formulators. Established non-medicinal uses include service as a flavor and fragrance ingredient in confectionery, chewing gum, oral-care products, and perfumery, and as a precursor for menthyl esters in flavor compounding.
Synthesis Intermediate
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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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Nepheline Syenite
CAS 37244-96-5
A quartz-free alumina-and-alkali source that fluxes glass and ceramics and extends filled coatings. It is used as a fluxing raw material in glass manufacturing and in ceramic bodies and glazes, where it supplies alumina and alkali and lowers fusion temperature.
Thickening / Rheology
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Potassium Bicarbonate (Potassium Hydrogen Carbonate)
CAS 298-14-6
A mild alkali and carbon-dioxide source supplied for leavening, pH buffering, and dry-chemical fire suppression. Established uses include leavening in baking, acidity regulation and buffering as a food additive, and service as a dry-chemical fire-extinguishing agent.
pH Adjustment
Biocidal Action
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Potassium Hydroxide (KOH, Caustic Potash)
CAS 1310-58-3
A high-purity caustic alkali for saponification, alkaline electrolytes, and metal- and wafer-cleaning baths. It is used to manufacture liquid and soft soaps, as an electrolyte in alkaline batteries, and as an etchant and cleaning alkali in electroplating and semiconductor processing.
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Precipitated Silica
CAS 112926-00-8
Thickening / Rheology
Moisture Control
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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.
Defoaming / Foam Control
Viscosity Modification
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Silica Dimethyl Silylate [Nano]
CAS 68611-44-9
A hydrophobic silica used as a thickening agent in cosmetics.
Defoaming / Foam Control
Viscosity Modification
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Sodium Cyanide (NaCN)
CAS 143-33-9
The principal lixiviant for precious-metal recovery and a workhorse metal-finishing and synthesis reagent. Used to extract gold and silver from ores, in electroplating and metal heat-treating, and as a chemical intermediate for dyes, chelating agents, and nylon precursors.
Chelation / Sequestration
Synthesis Intermediate
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Sodium Dichromate (Sodium Bichromate)
CAS 10588-01-9
The workhorse hexavalent-chromium intermediate feeding chrome tanning, pigments, and metal-finishing chemistries. It is used as an oxidizing agent in organic synthesis and dye production, in leather (chrome) tanning, in metal treatment and corrosion inhibition, in pigment and chromic-acid manufacture, and in wood preservation.
Color / Pigmentation
Corrosion Inhibition
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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.
Color / Pigmentation
Biocidal Action
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Sodium Selenate
CAS 13410-01-0
Water-soluble inorganic selenium source for fertilizer micronutrient and glass applications. Per Ullmann and HSDB it is used as an additive to fertilizers as a selenium micronutrient source, in glass manufacture, and as a laboratory reagent.
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Emolliency
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Talc (Talcum)
CAS 14807-96-6
A soft magnesium-silicate mineral milled to fine powder for filler, anti-caking, and lubricating duty across industries. it is used as a filler and pigment extender in paints, rubber, and plastics, an additive in ceramics and paper coatings, a carrier and diluent for insecticides, and a…
Thickening / Rheology
Color / Pigmentation
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Titanium Dioxide (TiO2)
CAS 13463-67-7
The benchmark white pigment for opacity and whiteness, supplied in bulk for coatings, polymer, and paper production. It functions as a pigment, opacifier, and filler across coatings, plastics, paper, and inks, and serves as a UV/light stabilizer in polymer systems.
Color / Pigmentation
UV Protection
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Tripotassium Phosphate (Potassium Phosphate Tribasic)
CAS 7778-53-2
A strongly alkaline potassium-phosphate salt used wherever buffering, sequestration, or potassium-phosphate enrichment is required. It functions as an alkaline buffering and pH-regulating agent, as a sequestrant and stabilizer in food applications, and as a source of potassium and phosphate in fertilizer and soil-amendment use.
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Ultramarine Blue (Ultramarines)
CAS 57455-37-5
A lightfast inorganic blue pigment for color and bluing across coatings, plastics, and personal care. Pigment Blue 29) is a synthetic inorganic sodium aluminosilicate pigment containing polysulfide chromophores.
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Zinc Oxide (Zinc White)
CAS 1314-13-2
The workhorse zinc compound behind rubber vulcanization, coatings, and ceramics. Roughly half to sixty percent of consumption goes to the rubber industry as a vulcanization activator.
Biocidal Action
Thickening / Rheology
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Zinc Phosphate
CAS 7779-90-0
Corrosion Inhibition
Color / Pigmentation
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