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Acids & Salts
Sorbic Acid
CAS 110-44-1
An unsaturated short-chain fatty acid widely used as a mold and yeast inhibitor in food, cosmetic, and coating systems. It is used as a mold and yeast inhibitor, fungistatic agent, and preservative in foods, cosmetics, tobacco, and silk-screen inks, as well as a component of…
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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.
Surfactancy
Emolliency
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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.
Surfactancy
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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.
Surfactancy
Emolliency
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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.
Surfactancy
Emolliency
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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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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Soybean Oil Unsaponifiables (Glycine Soja)
CAS 68308-49-6
Phytosterol-rich lipid concentrate that boosts the conditioning fraction of a cosmetic oil phase. Used as a skin-conditioning emollient and lipid-replenishing ingredient in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Emolliency
Conditioning
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Esters
Squalane
CAS 111-01-3
A fully saturated C30 hydrocarbon emollient prized for oxidative stability and a non-greasy skin feel. It is used as an emollient and skin/hair-conditioning agent in cosmetics, and as a lubricant and carrier in perfumes.
Emolliency
Lubrication
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Esters
Squalene
CAS 111-02-4
An unsaturated C30 polyene that serves as both a cosmetic emollient and a reactive chemical intermediate. It is used as an emollient and refatting agent in cosmetics and as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of surfactants, rubber chemicals, and aromatics.
Emolliency
Synthesis Intermediate
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Natural Extracts & Oils
St. John’s Wort Extract (Hypericum Perforatum Extract)
CAS 84082-80-4
A Hypericum-derived botanical extract supplied as a raw ingredient for cosmetic and personal-care formulations. John's wort extract (CAS 84082-80-4) is a botanical extract of Hypericum perforatum.
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Acids & Salts
Stabilized Monosilicic Acid (Orthosilicic Acid)
CAS 10193-36-9
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
Stannous Fluoride (Tin(II) Fluoride)
CAS 7783-47-3
An inorganic tin(II) fluoride supplied as the fluoride active for dentifrice and oral-care formulations. Industry references record its principal commercial use as an ingredient in toothpaste and other dental and oral-care preparations.
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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.
Thickening / Rheology
Viscosity Modification
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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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.
Surfactancy
Viscosity Modification
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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.
Conditioning
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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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.
Conditioning
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Emolliency
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Stearyl Methicone
CAS 68554-54-1
An alkyl-modified silicone wax that combines silicone slip with the structuring body of a long-chain fatty backbone. It is used in personal-care formulation as an emollient and skin- and hair-conditioning agent and as a structuring wax that adds body and water resistance to anhydrous and…
Conditioning
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Steviol Glycosides (Stevia Extract, Stevioside)
CAS 57817-89-7
A purified Stevia-derived glycoside supplied as a high-intensity, zero-calorie sweetening agent. Industry references record their use as a sweetener (JECFA food-additive functional class) and as a masking and oral-care ingredient in cosmetics.
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Polymers & Resins
Styrene/Acrylate/Divinylbenzene Copolymer
CAS 57516-68-4
A crosslinked styrene-acrylic copolymer supplied as discrete microspheres for opacity, texture, and bulking in formulated products. The divinylbenzene crosslink yields rigid, solvent-resistant particles used as opacifying agents, bulking agents, and texturizers in coatings and personal-care formulations.
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Polymers & Resins
Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer
CAS 9010-92-8
A waterborne film-forming resin engineered for binder and surface-finish duty across coatings, inks, and personal-care formulations. The styrene-acrylic class functions as a film former, binder, and opacifying agent in paints, coatings, printing inks, adhesives, and cosmetic emulsions.
Film Formation
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Sulfuric Acid (Sulphuric Acid)
CAS 7664-93-9
A foundational mineral acid supplied for fertilizer production, refining, metal treatment, and battery-electrolyte duty. it is used in fertilizer manufacture, petroleum refining, lead-acid batteries, metal cleaning and electroplating (pickling), and in pulp and paper, textile, and glass processing.
pH Adjustment
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Superoxide Dismutase (SOD)
CAS 9054-89-1
An antioxidant metalloenzyme, supplied with phospholipids, for use as an active ingredient in cosmetic formulations. By INCI, superoxide dismutase is used as an antioxidant in cosmetic formulations.
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Acids & Salts
Suttocide A 50%
CAS 70161-44-3
A silicone blend used in cosmetics for its smooth, silky texture.
Preservation
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Esters
Sweet Almond Oil (Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil)
CAS 8007-69-0
A light, mild fixed oil pressed from sweet almonds, used as an emollient carrier base and edible oil. It is used as an emollient and skin-conditioning carrier oil in cosmetic and personal-care formulations and as an edible vegetable oil.
Emolliency
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
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
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Surfactants - Anionic
Taurine (2-Aminoethanesulfonic Acid)
CAS 107-35-7
A crystalline aminosulfonic acid used as a food and beverage ingredient and as a building block for taurine-derived surfactants. it is used as a food and nutritional ingredient and in biochemical research; its fatty-acid derivatives are important wetting, washing, and dispersing agents in cleaning products…
pH Adjustment
Conditioning
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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.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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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…
Cleaning / Degreasing
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tert-Butylhydroquinone (TBHQ)
CAS 1948-33-0
A high-efficiency monocyclic phenolic antioxidant, particularly effective in polyunsaturated vegetable oils. It is used to retard oxidation and rancidity in edible fats and oils (an FDA-permitted food antioxidant), is especially effective in polyunsaturated vegetable oils such as soybean oil, and is used as an antioxidant…
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Tetraethyl Orthosilicate (TEOS, Tetraethoxysilane)
CAS 78-10-4
A hydrolyzable silicate ester that lays down silicon dioxide for binding, consolidation and coating. It is used to weatherproof and consolidate stone, brick, concrete and plaster, and to formulate heat- and acid-resistant coatings, mortars and cements.
Coupling / Adhesion Promotion
Crosslinking / Curing
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Esters
Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate (Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate)
CAS 183476-82-6
A lipophilic, oil-soluble vitamin C ester formulated as an antioxidant and skin-conditioning active for cosmetics. By INCI/PubChem, it is used in cosmetic formulations as an antioxidant and skin-conditioning agent.
Conditioning
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Tetrahydrocurcumin
CAS 36062-04-1
A colorless, hydrogenated curcumin derivative supplied as a cosmetic antioxidant active. By INCI/PubChem, it is used as an antioxidant in cosmetic formulations.
Preservation
Conditioning
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Acids & Salts
Tetrapotassium Pyrophosphate (TKPP)
CAS 7320-34-5
A highly soluble potassium polyphosphate for sequestration, buffering, and dispersion in cleaning and process formulations. it is used in detergents and surfactant systems, in water treatment, and as a clay thinner in drilling muds, and it serves as a chelating and buffering agent.
Chelation / Sequestration
pH Adjustment
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Amines & Amides
Tetrasodium EDTA (EDTA·4Na, Tetrasodium Edetate)
CAS 64-02-8
A strong tetrasodium chelant for sequestering metal ions in cleaning, water-treatment, and process formulations. It binds polyvalent metal ions and is used across water treatment, detergents and cleaners, textiles, pulp and paper, and photographic processing.
Chelation / Sequestration
Scale Inhibition
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Acids & Salts
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate (TSPP)
CAS 7722-88-5
A workhorse sodium polyphosphate used as a water softener, detergent builder, and sequestrant. it is used as a water softener, detergent builder, emulsifying agent, and sequestrant, and in metal cleaning, water treatment, and textile and clay processing.
Chelation / Sequestration
pH Adjustment
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Surfactants - Anionic
Thiourea
CAS 62-56-6
A versatile organosulfur reagent for reductive textile chemistry, metal recovery, and chemical synthesis. its principal uses are as an intermediate in producing thiourea dioxide for wool and textile processing, in ore (precious-metal) leaching, in diazo copy papers, as a catalyst in fumaric-acid synthesis, and in…
Biocidal Action
Moisture Control
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
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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Surfactants - Nonionic
Tocopheryl Glucoside
CAS 104832-72-6
A water-compatible vitamin E (tocopherol) derivative for personal-care formulation. It is supplied as an ingredient for cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Conditioning
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Tolu Balsam (Balsam of Tolu)
CAS 8007-46-3
A classic resinous balsam prized as a warm, sweet fixative in fragrance and flavor work. It is used as a fragrance and flavor ingredient and as a fixative in scented products.
Film Formation
Conditioning
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