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Polymers & Resins
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
CAS 9002-86-2
A versatile chlorinated polymer that runs from rigid pipe to flexible film depending on its additive package. Rigid grades go into pipe, fittings, profiles, and siding, while plasticized grades are used in flooring, films, sheet, and wire and cable insulation.
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Polymers & Resins
Polyvinylcaprolactam (PVCap)
CAS 25189-83-7
A thermoresponsive vinyl-lactam polymer best known as a kinetic gas-hydrate inhibitor in oil-and-gas flow assurance. Its principal established industrial use is as a kinetic hydrate inhibitor for gas-hydrate control in oil-and-gas flow assurance; it is also used as a film-forming and thickening polymer.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
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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Acids & Salts
Potassium Bitartrate
CAS 868-14-4
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Carbonate (Dipotassium Carbonate)
CAS 584-08-7
A mild alkali for glass and ceramics, soap making, drying duty, and pH control. Established uses include glass and ceramics manufacture, soap making, desiccant and drying duty (including drying of organic liquids), gas purification, leather tanning and finishing, and use in dyes, pigments, and printing…
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Surfactants - Anionic
Potassium Cetyl Phosphate (Cetyl Phosphate, Potassium Salt)
CAS 19035-79-1
An anionic phosphate-ester emulsifier supplied for robust oil-in-water emulsions in personal-care and industrial systems. It functions as an emulsifier and surface-active agent in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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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,…
Viscosity Modification
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Citrate (Tripotassium Citrate, Anhydrous)
CAS 866-84-2
The anhydrous tripotassium citrate grade for buffering, sequestering, and emulsifying-salt applications. Established uses include acidity regulation and buffering, sequestrant and chelating duty, and stabilizer and emulsifying-salt function in food and beverage applications.
Chelation / Sequestration
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Esters
Potassium Cocoate (Coconut Acid, Potassium Salt)
CAS 61789-30-8
A potassium soap of coconut fatty acids supplied as a high-foaming cleansing surfactant base for liquid soaps. It is used as a cleansing surfactant and foaming agent in liquid soaps and in personal-care and household cleansers.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Fluoride (KF)
CAS 7789-23-3
A dry, water-soluble fluoride salt that delivers nucleophilic fluoride for synthesis, brazing flux, and glass-finishing operations. It serves as a fluorine source and base catalyst in organic synthesis, as the active component of silver-soldering and brazing fluxes, and as an etching agent for glass.
Biocidal Action
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
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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Acids & Salts
Potassium Lactate
CAS 996-31-6
pH Adjustment
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Metabisulfite (Potassium Pyrosulfite)
CAS 16731-55-8
A solid source of sulfur dioxide used as an antioxidant, preservative, and bleaching agent in winemaking, brewing, and food. Established uses include antioxidant and preservative duty in winemaking, brewing, and the preservation of fruits and vegetables; bleaching; and use as a developing agent in photographic…
Preservation
Biocidal Action
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Nitrate (Saltpeter)
CAS 7757-79-1
A dual-nutrient oxidizing salt serving fertilizer, pyrotechnic, glass, and metal heat-treating markets. Established uses include a combined potassium-and-nitrogen fertilizer, an oxidizer in pyrotechnics and propellant formulations, a raw material in glass manufacture, a component of molten-salt baths for tempering steel, and a color-retention and curing…
Preservation
Corrosion Inhibition
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Sorbate (E202)
CAS 24634-61-5
A water-soluble sorbate salt that controls mold and yeast across food, beverage, and cosmetic systems. It functions as a preservative and mold and yeast inhibitor in foods, beverages, wine, and personal-care formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Potassium Tripolyphosphate (KTPP)
CAS 13845-36-8
A highly soluble potassium polyphosphate that sequesters hardness ions and builds detergency in cleaning and food systems. It is used as a chelating and buffering agent, a builder in cleaning and washing formulations, a water-treatment sequestrant, and a texturizer in food applications.
Chelation / Sequestration
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Specialty Additives
PPG-10 Cetyl Ether
CAS 68424-61-3
A propoxylated cetyl ether that conditions skin and helps solubilize oil-phase ingredients. PPG-10 cetyl ether (CAS 68424-61-3) is a propoxylated cetyl (C16) fatty alcohol used in personal-care formulations as an emollient, solubilizer, and skin-conditioning agent.
Surfactancy
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PPG-11 Stearyl Ether
CAS 68155-01-1
A propoxylated stearyl ether that delivers rich emolliency and slip to creams and lotions. PPG-11 stearyl ether (CAS 68155-01-1) is a propoxylated stearyl (C18) fatty alcohol used in personal-care formulations as an emollient and skin-conditioning agent.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Glycols & Polyols
PPG-12-Buteth-16
CAS 9038-95-3
A water-compatible PPG/buteth copolymer that adds solvency and skin-feel to personal-care formulations. It is used in personal-care formulations as a solvent and conditioning agent.
Emolliency
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Glycols & Polyols
PPG-14 Butyl Ether
CAS 9043-30-5
A butyl-capped polypropylene glycol supplying solvency and a polyalkylene-glycol backbone for synthetic lubricant and functional-fluid formulations. These water-soluble polyethers are used as solvents and as base fluids for synthetic lubricants and functional fluids.
Moisture Control
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Specialty Additives
PPG-15 Stearyl Ether
CAS 25231-21-4
A propoxylated stearyl ether that provides a light, non-greasy emollient feel in skin-care formulations. PPG-15 stearyl ether (CAS 25231-21-4) is a propoxylated stearyl (C18) fatty alcohol used in cosmetics and personal care as an emollient and skin-conditioning agent.
Emolliency
Conditioning
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PPG-2 Hydroxyethyl Cocamide
CAS 201363-52-2
A coconut-derived nonionic amide that emulsifies and conditions surfactant-based personal-care systems. It is used in personal-care formulations as an emulsifier, emollient, and viscosity and foam modifier.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Glycols & Polyols
PPG-3 Myristyl Ether
CAS 63793-60-2
A lightweight propoxylated fatty ether that imparts emollient slip to skin- and hair-care formulations. It functions as an emollient and skin-conditioning agent.
Emolliency
Conditioning
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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.
Solvency
Viscosity Modification
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Esters
Propionic Anhydride (Propanoic Anhydride)
CAS 123-62-6
A reactive acyl donor that introduces the propionyl group into cellulose esters, dyes, and specialty intermediates. It serves as a propionylating and esterifying agent for cellulose, fats, and perfume oils, and as an intermediate in the manufacture of alkyd resins, dyestuffs, and other propionyl derivatives.
Emolliency
Synthesis Intermediate
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Propyl Gallate (E310)
CAS 121-79-9
A phenolic antioxidant that protects fats, oils, and oil-soluble formulations against oxidative rancidity. It is used to retard oxidation and rancidity in edible fats, oils, and other foods, and as an antioxidant for cosmetics, emulsions, waxes, and industrial oils.
Solvency
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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.
Solvency
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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.
Moisture Control
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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.
Film Formation
Viscosity Modification
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Glycols & Polyols
Propylene Glycol Methyl Ether (PGME, PM)
CAS 107-98-2
A P-series glycol ether with balanced water and organic solubility — used in lacquers, inks, coatings and cleaners to dissolve resins, dyes and cellulosics and improve pigment wetting.
Solvency
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Propylene Glycol Monomethyl Ether Acetate (PGMEA, PMA)
CAS 108-65-6
A high-boiling glycol-ether-acetate solvent combining strong resin solvency with the purity demanded by photoresist processing. It is used as a solvent for paints, inks, lacquers, varnishes, cleaners, and coatings, and is a standard carrier solvent in semiconductor photoresist formulations.
Solvency
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Glycols & Polyols
Propylene Glycol Monostearate (PGMS)
CAS 1323-39-3
A nonionic fatty-acid ester that emulsifies and opacifies cosmetic and food formulations. It is used as an emulsifier, opacifier, and emollient in cosmetics and as an emulsifier in food applications.
Surfactancy
Emolliency
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Propylene Glycol Monostearate, Self-Emulsifying (PGMS)
CAS 9004-99-3
A self-emulsifying stearate blend that forms stable oil-in-water emulsions without an added primary surfactant. It is used as an emulsifier and texture agent in cosmetic and food formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Esters
Pyridoxine Tripalmitate
CAS 4372-46-7
An oil-soluble pyridoxine ester used as a conditioning agent in skin- and hair-care formulations. It is used in cosmetic formulations as a skin- and hair-conditioning and antistatic agent.
Conditioning
Emolliency
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Amines & Amides
Pyrrolidinyl Diaminopyrimidine Oxide
CAS 55921-65-8
A pyrimidine-oxide specialty active formulated into cosmetic scalp- and hair-care products. It is used as an ingredient in cosmetic hair-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Quaternium-18 Hectorite (Organoclay)
CAS 12001-31-9
An organophilic clay for viscosity control and suspension in non-aqueous formulations. Industry references record it under the CIR cosmetic ingredient Quaternium-18 Hectorite; as an organoclay it functions as a rheological additive that controls viscosity and suspends solids in non-aqueous systems.
Thickening / Rheology
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Surfactants - Cationic
Quaternium-73
CAS 15763-48-1
An antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory ingredient that helps control acne, reduces redness, and protects skin from bacteria. Commonly used in acne-care and
Biocidal Action
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Surfactants - Cationic
Quaternium-80 (Silicone-Based Quaternary Ammonium Compound)
CAS 134737-05-6
Silicone-quat conditioning chemistry for slip, detangling, and static control in hair care. It pairs a dimethicone-type silicone segment with cationic quaternary groups and is used in personal-care formulations as a hair-conditioning and antistatic agent.
Conditioning
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Surfactants - Cationic
Quaternium-87 (Imidazolium Ester Quaternary Ammonium Compound)
CAS 92201-88-2
A vegetable-derived ester-quat for substantive, low-build conditioning in hair care. It is used in hair-care formulations as a conditioning and antistatic agent.
Conditioning
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Specialty Additives
Quercetin Dihydrate (Quercetin)
CAS 6151-25-3
Bulk flavonoid raw material for supplement, antioxidant, and natural-colorant use. It is supplied as a dietary-supplement raw material and is also used as a free-radical-inhibiting antioxidant in cosmetic formulations and as a natural yellow colorant.
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Resorcinol (1,3-Benzenediol, m-Dihydroxybenzene)
CAS 108-46-3
A reactive dihydroxybenzene building block for rubber-bonding resins, adhesives, and dye intermediates. Its primary industrial use is as a monomer for resorcinol-formaldehyde resins and adhesives used in tire-cord and rubber-to-textile bonding and in high-performance wood adhesives; it also serves as an intermediate for dyes and…
Preservation
pH Adjustment
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Resveratrol (trans-Resveratrol, 3,5,4′-Trihydroxystilbene)
CAS 501-36-0
Bulk stilbenoid polyphenol for nutraceutical and cosmetic antioxidant formulation. It is supplied primarily as a dietary-supplement raw material and is also used as an antioxidant ingredient in cosmetic formulations.
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Retinaldehyde (Retinal, Vitamin A Aldehyde)
CAS 116-31-4
An oil-soluble retinoid raw material for skin-conditioning formulation. It is supplied as a cosmetic raw material used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in topical formulations.
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Retinol (Vitamin A)
CAS 68-26-8
Vitamin A alcohol for cosmetic skin-conditioning and nutritional fortification use. It is supplied for use as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetic formulations and as a vitamin A source for nutritional-supplement and food-fortification applications.
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Esters
Retinyl Retinoate
CAS 15498-86-9
An esterified retinoid raw material for cosmetic skin-conditioning systems. It is supplied as a cosmetic raw material used as a skin-conditioning ingredient in topical formulations.
Conditioning
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Acids & Salts
Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)
CAS 63231-63-0
A polynucleotide raw material spanning laboratory-reagent and cosmetic skin-conditioning grades. Commercially it is supplied as a biochemical reagent for laboratory and molecular-biology use and, in cosmetic grades, as a skin-conditioning ingredient.
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Esters
Rose Hip Seed Oil (Rosehip Oil, Rosa Canina Seed Oil)
CAS 84696-47-9
A polyunsaturated botanical carrier oil for emollient cosmetic formulation. It is supplied as an emollient carrier oil for cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Rosemary Extract (Rosmarinus Officinalis Extract)
CAS 84604-14-8
A plant-derived antioxidant and flavor extract for oxidative stabilization of fats and formulations. It is used as a natural antioxidant to retard oxidative rancidity in food, oil, and cosmetic systems and as a flavoring and fragrance component.
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