Glycols & Polyols
Laureth-12
CAS 3056-00-6
A high-ethoxylate lauryl surfactant tuned for water solubility, emulsification, and solubilizing power. It is used as an emulsifier, solubilizer, and detergent in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Glycols & Polyols
Laureth-2
CAS 3055-93-4
A low-ethoxylate, oil-soluble lauryl surfactant used as an emollient and co-emulsifier. It is used as a co-emulsifier, emollient, and solubilizer in personal-care and cleaning formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Solvents - Oxygenated
Laureth-2 Acetate
CAS 32289-26-2
An acetate-capped lauryl ethoxylate used as a nonionic emollient and conditioning ingredient. It is used as an emollient and conditioning ingredient in personal-care formulations.
Solvency
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Laureth-23
CAS 9002-92-0
A highly ethoxylated, water-soluble lauryl surfactant for emulsification and solubilization. It is used as an emulsifier, solubilizer, and detergent in personal-care and cleaning formulations.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Laureth-3
CAS 68551-12-2
A low-ethoxylate lauryl surfactant favored as an emulsifier and wetting agent. It is used as an emulsifier, wetting agent, and dispersant in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Laureth-4
CAS 68439-50-9
Surfactancy
Wetting
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Laureth-4
CAS 5274-68-0
A mid-range lauryl ethoxylate balancing oil affinity and emulsifying performance. It is used as an emulsifier, emollient, and solubilizer in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Wetting
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Laureth-7
CAS 9002-92-0
A 7-mole ethoxylate of lauryl alcohol used as a low-foaming emulsifier and emulsion stabilizer. It is used as an emulsifier, emulsion stabilizer and surfactant in personal-care and household formulations.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Lauric Acid (Dodecanoic Acid)
CAS 143-07-7
A coconut-derived C12 fatty acid feedstock for soaps, surfactants, and esters. It is used in the manufacture of soaps and detergents, as a feedstock for surfactants and esters, and as an emulsifier and wetting agent.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Lauryl Alcohol (1-Dodecanol, Dodecyl Alcohol)
CAS 112-53-8
A C12 fatty alcohol feedstock for the sulfation and ethoxylation chemistry behind anionic and nonionic surfactants. It serves chiefly as a chemical intermediate for sulfate and ethoxylate surfactants and as a foam stabilizer for alcohol-sulfate surfactant systems.
Emolliency
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Amines & Amides
Lauryl Methyl Gluceth-10 Hydroxypropyldimonium Chloride
CAS 132034-06-1
A quaternized glucoside surfactant supplied for substantive conditioning in personal-care formulation. It is used in personal-care formulations as a conditioning co-surfactant, where the quaternized structure imparts substantivity to hair and skin.
Conditioning
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Specialty Additives
Lecithin (Soy Lecithin)
CAS 8002-43-5
A phospholipid emulsifier that bridges oil and water phases in food, feed, and industrial systems. It functions as an emulsifier, surfactant, wetting and dispersing agent, and release agent across food, feed, and industrial formulations.
Surfactancy
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Lemongrass Oil (Cymbopogon Oil)
CAS 8007-02-1
A citral-rich essential oil supplied for fragrance, flavor, and downstream terpene synthesis. It is used as a fragrance and flavoring ingredient and as a feedstock for citral-derived chemistry such as ionones and vitamin A intermediates.
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Surfactants - Anionic
Lignosulfonate (Lignin Sulfonate, Sulfonated Lignin)
CAS 8068-05-1
A wood-derived anionic dispersant and binder that cuts water demand in concrete and holds powders together. It functions as a dispersing agent and emulsifier and is widely used as a concrete water-reducing admixture and plasticizer, a binder for animal-feed pellets and briquettes, and a dust-suppression…
Cleaning / Degreasing
Wetting
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Surfactants - Anionic
Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonic Acid (LABSA, C10-16 Alkylbenzenesulfonic Acid)
CAS 68584-22-5
The commercial C10-16 sulfonic acid feedstock neutralized into LAS surfactants for detergent production. It is a high-active anionic surfactant used to manufacture detergents and cleaners after neutralization.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Wetting
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Esters
Linoleamide DEA (Linoleic Diethanolamide)
CAS 68603-38-3
A linoleic-acid alkanolamide that thickens and stabilizes foam in surfactant-based cleansers. It is used as a surfactant for foam boosting and viscosity building and provides antistatic and conditioning effects in cleansing and personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Viscosity Modification
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Amines & Amides
Linoleamidopropyl Dimethylamine (DMA)
CAS 81613-56-1
An amidoamine conditioning agent that becomes cationic on protonation for substantive hair care. It is used as a conditioning and antistatic surfactant and emulsifier in hair- and skin-care formulations; its tertiary amine can be protonated to a cationic conditioning species.
Conditioning
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Esters
Linseed Oil (Flaxseed Oil)
CAS 8001-26-1
A high-iodine drying oil that polymerizes in air to film-form paints, finishes, and linoleum. It is used as a binder and drying oil in oil paints, varnishes, and printing inks, as a wood finish and preservative, and as a raw material for putty, glazing compounds,…
Emolliency
Film Formation
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Specialty Additives
Lipase (Detergent Grade)
CAS 9001-62-1
Cleaning / Degreasing
Synthesis Intermediate
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR)
CAS 70131-67-8
A pumpable silicone elastomer that molds into flexible, thermally stable parts. It cures into a heat-, cold-, and weather-resistant rubber used for molded seals, gaskets, and O-rings, for electrical insulation and encapsulation, and for flexible molds and heat-resistant housewares.
Crosslinking / Curing
Film Formation
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Acids & Salts
Lithium Carbonate (Li2CO3)
CAS 554-13-2
An industrial lithium salt that lowers melt temperatures in glass and ceramics and seeds the lithium supply chain. Technical grades are used as a flux in glass, ceramics, and porcelain glazes, as an additive in cement and refractories, as a constituent of arc-welding electrode coatings,…
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
Lithium Hydroxide (LiOH)
CAS 1310-65-2
A strong lithium base that anchors high-performance greases, scrubs CO2, and feeds battery cathodes. It is the precursor for lithium-soap lubricating greases, a carbon-dioxide absorbent in confined-atmosphere air purification, a cathode-material precursor for lithium-ion batteries, and an additive in alkaline storage batteries; it is also…
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate (LiOH·H2O)
CAS 1310-66-3
The hydrated, shippable form of lithium hydroxide feeding battery, grease, and CO2-scrubbing applications. It is used as a precursor for lithium-ion battery cathode materials, a source of lithium for lubricating-grease thickeners, a carbon-dioxide absorbent, and a catalyst in esterification and polymerization.
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Lithium Silicate
CAS 12627-14-4
Film Formation
Coupling / Adhesion Promotion
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Esters
Lithium Stearate (Lithium Octadecanoate)
CAS 4485-12-5
The lithium soap that gels base oils into water-resistant, wide-temperature lubricating greases. It is used primarily as a thickener and gelling agent that converts oils into lithium-soap lubricating greases, and as a lubricant, mold-release, and stabilizing additive in plastics and coatings.
Film Formation
Color / Pigmentation
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Specialty Additives
Locust Bean Gum
CAS 9000-40-2
Thickening / Rheology
Film Formation
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Polymers & Resins
Low-Viscosity HDI Trimer Polyisocyanate
CAS 28182-81-2
Low-viscosity HDI trimer is an aliphatic polyisocyanate resin based on the isocyanurate (trimer) of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), formulated for reduced viscosity. It serves as the hardener in high-solids, low-VOC two-component polyurethane coatings
Crosslinking / Curing
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Luffa Cylindrica (Loofah)
CAS 90131-71-8
A renewable cellulosic plant fiber valued as a natural exfoliant and scrubbing matrix. Its fibrous vascular network is used as a natural exfoliant and scrubbing medium in personal-care and cleaning products and as a renewable cellulosic fiber.
Thickening / Rheology
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Lupeol
CAS 545-47-1
A potent antioxidant derived from plants that protects skin from environmental damage, reduces inflammation, and promotes a youthful complexion. Commonly used
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Lutein (Marigold Extract, Tagetes Erecta)
CAS 84776-23-8
A marigold-derived xanthophyll concentrate that deposits natural yellow color in feed, food, and formulations. It is used as a natural yellow-orange colorant, as a xanthophyll pigmenting additive in poultry and egg-yolk feed, and as a nutrient/supplement ingredient.
Conditioning
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Lutein (Xanthophyll)
CAS 127-40-2
A carotenoid colorant and nutrient supplied at a standardized 5% lutein assay. It serves as a natural yellow colorant and food additive and as a xanthophyll pigmenting and nutrient ingredient for feed, food, and supplement formulations.
Conditioning
Color / Pigmentation
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Lycopene (Tomato Extract)
CAS 502-65-8
A carotenoid red colorant concentrated from tomato and supplied at a standardized lycopene assay. It is used as a natural red colorant in food and as a cosmetic colorant and antioxidant ingredient.
Preservation
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Amines & Amides
m-Xylylenediamine (MXDA)
CAS 1477-55-0
An araliphatic diamine that hardens epoxy resins and routes to m-xylylene diisocyanate. PubChem also records its use as a source of m-xylylene diisocyanate (MXDI). Supplied as a bulk amine intermediate for epoxy hardener and isocyanate manufacture.
Crosslinking / Curing
pH Adjustment
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Surfactants - Anionic
Magnesium Alkyl Ether Sulfate (Magnesium Laureth Sulfate)
CAS 111937-03-2
A magnesium-counterion ether-sulfate surfactant supplied as a concentrated paste for foaming cleansers. It is used as a foaming and cleansing agent in shampoos, body washes, and liquid household and industrial cleaners.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Magnesium Aluminum Silicate (Aluminum Magnesium Silicate)
CAS 1327-43-1
A swelling clay that builds yield value and holds particles in suspension across waterborne systems. It is used as a rheology modifier, suspending agent, and thickener in coatings, personal care, and household products, and as an anticaking agent, opacifier, and absorbent.
Color / Pigmentation
Viscosity Modification
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Acids & Salts
Magnesium Ascorbate (Magnesium L-Ascorbate)
CAS 15431-40-0
A pH-buffered, non-acidic vitamin C salt for supplement, food, and skin-care formulations. It is used as a non-acidic vitamin C source and antioxidant ingredient in dietary-supplement, food, and cosmetic formulations.
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Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (MAP)
CAS 113170-55-1
A hydrolysis-stable vitamin C phosphate ester formulated for water-based skin care. It is used as an antioxidant active and stable vitamin C source in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Amines & Amides
Magnesium Aspartate (Magnesium L-Aspartate)
CAS 18962-61-3
An amino-acid magnesium salt supplied as an organic mineral source for nutrition and personal-care formulations. It is used as an organic (amino-acid) magnesium source in dietary-supplement and nutrition formulations and as a skin-conditioning ingredient in cosmetics.
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Acids & Salts
Magnesium Chloride
CAS 7786-30-3
A versatile magnesium salt spanning de-icing brines, oxychloride cements, and nutrient supply. It is used for road de-icing and dust control, as the reactive component in magnesium oxychloride (Sorel) cement and wallboard, and as a magnesium source in fertilizers and animal feed.
Viscosity Modification
Moisture Control
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Magnesium Hydroxide (MDH)
CAS 1309-42-8
A high-temperature, halogen-free mineral flame retardant that also neutralizes process acids and treats effluent. In polymers it serves as a halogen-free flame retardant and smoke suppressant with higher thermal stability than aluminum hydroxide.
pH Adjustment
Flame Retardancy
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Surfactants - Anionic
Magnesium Lauryl Sulfate (Magnesium Dodecyl Sulfate)
CAS 3097-08-3
A magnesium-counterion lauryl sulfate surfactant for foaming and cleansing systems. It is used as a cleansing and foaming surfactant in personal-care and household cleaning formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Magnesium Malate
CAS 869-06-7
A bulk magnesium source built on the malic acid backbone, granulated for clean metering into supplement and food blends. It is used as a food- and supplement-grade source of magnesium and as a dietary-supplement ingredient.
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Acids & Salts
Magnesium Nitrate Hexahydrate
CAS 13446-18-9
Reagent-grade crystalline magnesium nitrate for pyrotechnics, nitric-acid concentration, and plant-nutrition chemistry. Established uses include pyrotechnic formulations, concentration of nitric acid, and a fertilizer-grade source of magnesium and nitrogen; it also serves as a catalyst in petrochemical production and a sensitizer for lithographic plates.
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Magnesium Oxide (Light)
CAS 1309-48-4
High-surface-area light magnesia for refractories, feed and fertilizer additives, and acid-acceptor duty in rubber and process chemistry. Documented uses span refractory and insulation products, animal feed and fertilizer additives, rubber compounding, and food-grade applications such as anticaking and pH adjustment; it also acts as an…
Color / Pigmentation
pH Adjustment
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Esters
Magnesium Stearate
CAS 557-04-0
A workhorse metallic-soap lubricant and flow aid for tablet, powder, plastic, and cosmetic formulations. It is widely used as a lubricant, anticaking, and release agent in tableting and powder processing, as a lubricant and stabilizer in plastics, and as an emulsifying and refatting agent in…
Thickening / Rheology
Moisture Control
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Acids & Salts
Magnesium Sulfate (Anhydrous)
CAS 7487-88-9
A dependable anhydrous desiccant and magnesium feedstock for fertilizer, textile, leather, and nutritional uses. It serves as a drying and dehydrating agent and is used across fertilizer manufacture, textile weighting and dyeing, leather tanning, and as a magnesium nutrient source in feed and food.
Thickening / Rheology
Viscosity Modification
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Polymers & Resins
Maleic Acid-Acrylic Acid Copolymer (MA/AA)
CAS 26677-99-6
A low-molecular-weight polycarboxylate used to inhibit scale and disperse particulates in water systems. Used as a scale inhibitor and dispersant in industrial water treatment and as a builder and anti-redeposition agent in detergents.
Film Formation
Scale Inhibition
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Maleic Anhydride (MAH)
CAS 108-31-6
The reactive anhydride monomer that underpins unsaturated polyester resins and maleic-modified chemistries. Industry references record its use in unsaturated polyester and alkyd-type resins, copolymerization reactions, coatings and paper-sizing resins, lube-oil dispersants and corrosion inhibitors, and the manufacture of fumaric and tartaric acids, plus its role…
Film Formation
Synthesis Intermediate
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