Silicone Fluids & Oils
Octamethyltrisiloxane (MDM)
CAS 107-51-7
Octamethyltrisiloxane (MDM) is a linear trisiloxane with a viscosity of approximately 1 cSt at 25°C. It is slightly longer chain than hexamethyldisiloxane (0.65 cSt) and is used as an intermediate in silicone polymer production, as a chain stopper, and as a volatile carrier fluid in…
Wetting
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Octocrylene
CAS 6197-30-4
A liquid organic UV absorber for cosmetic UV-filter blends and polymer light-stabilization. Established uses include service as a UV filter and UV absorber in cosmetic formulations and as a UV/light stabilizer in plastics and coatings.
UV Protection
Preservation
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Esters
Octyl Isononanoate (Ethylhexyl Isononanoate)
CAS 84878-30-8
A spreadable emollient ester for the oil phase of cosmetic and personal-care formulations. Its established use is as an emollient and surface-modifying ester in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Emolliency
Solvency
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Esters
Octyl Palmitate (Ethylhexyl Palmitate)
CAS 2943-75-1
A light, non-greasy emollient ester for skin-care and color-cosmetic oil phases. Its established use is as an emollient and skin-conditioning ester in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Emolliency
Slip / Release
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Octyldodecanol (2-Octyldodecanol)
CAS 5333-42-6
A light branched fatty alcohol used as an emollient, solvent, and viscosity modifier in personal care. Established uses include service as an emollient, solvent, viscosity modifier, and emulsifier in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Emolliency
Solvency
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Octylphenol Ethoxylate (Octoxynol)
CAS 9036-19-5
A tert-octylphenol-based nonionic surfactant used where strong wetting and emulsification are required. It is used as a wetting agent, detergent, and emulsifier across industrial cleaning, emulsion, and process applications.
Surfactancy
Wetting
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Solvents - Aliphatic
Odorless Mineral Spirits (Mineral Spirits, White Spirit)
CAS 64742-48-9
A low-odor petroleum solvent stocked for paint thinning, parts cleaning, and degreasing. Established uses include paint and coating thinning, parts cleaning and degreasing, extraction, and service as a carrier solvent in aerosols and wood preservatives.
Solvency
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Oleamide (Oleic Acid Amide)
CAS 301-02-0
A fatty-amide slip and anti-block additive for polyolefin film and molded parts. Established uses include service as a slip and anti-block agent for polyethylene and polyolefin film, a lubricant and mold-release agent, an additive to waxes, printing inks, and lubricating oils, and an antistatic/dispersion aid.
Color / Pigmentation
Viscosity Modification
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Esters
Oleamide DEA (Oleic Acid Diethanolamide)
CAS 93-83-4
A fatty diethanolamide foam booster and viscosity builder for cleaning and personal-care formulations. Established uses include foam boosting and stabilizing, viscosity building/thickening, emulsification and wetting, and corrosion inhibition in metalworking fluids.
Surfactancy
Viscosity Modification
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Surfactants - Amphoteric
Oleamidopropyl Betaine
CAS 79851-53-9
An oleic-derived amphoteric surfactant used to lift foam, thicken cleansing bases and add conditioning character. In personal-care and cleaning formulations it functions as a secondary surfactant, foam booster and viscosity builder, and provides antistatic and conditioning effect.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Amines & Amides
Oleamidopropyl Dimethylamine (DMA)
CAS 109-28-4
A tertiary fatty amidoamine that serves both as a conditioning base and as the feedstock for amidopropyl betaine production. It is used as an antistatic and conditioning agent and as a chemical intermediate, notably as a precursor to betaine surfactants, and is also reported in…
Crosslinking / Curing
pH Adjustment
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Surfactants - Amphoteric
Oleamine Oxide (Oleyl Dimethylamine Oxide)
CAS 70142-34-6
An oleyl-chain amine oxide that boosts foam and thickens detergent systems while adding antistatic character. It is used as a foam booster, viscosity builder and antistatic/conditioning agent in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Oleic Acid
CAS 112-80-1
A workhorse C18 fatty-acid feedstock for soaps, esters, surfactants and flotation chemistry. Established uses include the manufacture of soaps, oleate esters and surfactants, plasticizers and lubricant additives, ore flotation, textile and metalworking processing, and use as a defoaming agent in wet-process phosphoric acid.
Emolliency
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Surfactants - Nonionic
Oleth-5 (PEG-5 Oleyl Ether)
CAS 9004-98-2
A five-mole ethoxylate of oleyl alcohol used to emulsify oils and build surfactant systems. It functions as an emulsifier and surfactant in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Emolliency
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Surfactants - Amphoteric
Oleyl Betaine
CAS 4292-10-8
An oleyl-chain amphoteric surfactant that complements anionic bases with foam, body and conditioning feel. It is used as a secondary surfactant and foam booster, a viscosity builder, and a source of antistatic and conditioning function in cleansing formulations.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Acids & Salts
Oleyl Betaine (Oleyldimethyl Betaine)
CAS 871-37-4
An amphoteric, zwitterionic oleyl-chain surfactant used to build foam and impart conditioning in cleansing systems. It functions as a surfactant, foam booster, and antistatic and conditioning agent, and is documented for cleansing applications in personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Esters
Oleyl Erucate
CAS 17673-56-2
A long-chain wax ester that delivers a light, lubricious emollient feel in skin-care and color cosmetics. It is used as an emollient in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Emolliency
Lubrication
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Amines & Amides
Oligomeric Triazine HALS Light Stabilizer (High-Molecular-Weight)
CAS 106990-43-6
An oligomeric, very high molecular weight hindered amine light stabilizer built on a 1,3,5-triazine backbone with N-methylated (1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl) tetramethylpiperidine groups. The combination of high molecular weight and the lower basicity of the N-methyl chemistry delivers exceptional resistance to migration and strong performance in demanding long-term…
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Surfactants - Cationic
Organoclay (Organobentonite, Quaternary Ammonium Bentonite)
CAS 68953-58-2
A quaternary-ammonium-modified bentonite engineered to thicken and stabilize non-aqueous, oil- and solvent-based systems. It functions as a rheological additive and thickener that imparts viscosity, sag resistance, and anti-settling behavior to solvent-based coatings, inks, greases, sealants, and oil-based drilling fluids.
Viscosity Modification
Thickening / Rheology
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Ottawa Standard Sand, 20-30 Mesh (Silica Sand, Crystalline Quartz)
CAS 14808-60-7
A closely graded, rounded quartz sand for standardized testing and silica-sand industrial duty. Graded silica sands of this type serve as standardized reference aggregate for cement and mortar testing and as laboratory media; silica sand more broadly is used in glassmaking, foundry casting, ceramics, abrasives,…
Thickening / Rheology
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Acids & Salts
Oxalic Acid (Ethanedioic Acid)
CAS 144-62-7
A strong dicarboxylic acid used across metal cleaning, textile processing, bleaching and rare-earth refining. Established uses include metal cleaning and rust/stain removal, textile finishing, stripping and bleaching, leather and straw bleaching, calico printing and dyeing, manufacture of oxalate salts and dyes, rare-earth processing, and service…
Chelation / Sequestration
pH Adjustment
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Acids & Salts
Oxalic Acid Dihydrate
CAS 6153-56-6
The crystalline dihydrate of oxalic acid for textile, bleaching, cleaning and purification duties. Established uses include calico printing and dyeing, bleaching of straw and leather, cleaning of wood and metals, methanol purification, crude-glycerol decolorizing, paint and stain removal, and service as a chelating and bleaching…
pH Adjustment
Chelation / Sequestration
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Polymers & Resins
Oxidized Polyethylene Wax
CAS 68441-17-8
Lubrication
Slip / Release
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Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3)
CAS 131-57-7
A benzophenone UV absorber that protects polymers and formulations from light-driven degradation. Established uses include UV stabilization of plastics and synthetic resins and service as a UV-absorber/UV-filter ingredient in personal-care formulations.
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Surfactants - Cationic
Palmitamidopropyltrimonium Chloride
CAS 51277-96-4
A palmitic-based amido-quat that deposits cationic conditioning and antistatic character onto hair and fibers. It is used as a cationic conditioning and antistatic agent in personal-care formulations.
Conditioning
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Acids & Salts
Palmitic Acid (Hexadecanoic Acid)
CAS 57-10-3
A saturated C16 fatty acid feedstock for metallic soaps, palmitate esters, lubricants and release agents. Established uses include the manufacture of metallic palmitates and palmitate esters such as isopropyl palmitate, soaps and cosmetics, lubricating oils and waterproofing, mold-release in plastics, and service as a surfactant…
Emolliency
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Natural Extracts & Oils
Papaya Leaf Extract (Carica Papaya)
CAS 91722-56-4
A glycol-based botanical concentrate of Carica papaya leaf for use as a natural-positioned ingredient in cosmetic formulating. It is supplied as a plant-derived ingredient for cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
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Amines & Amides
Para-Aminobenzoic Acid (PABA)
CAS 150-13-0
A para-substituted aminobenzoic acid used as a building block for dyes, polyurethane crosslinking and UV-absorbing formulations. Industrial uses include service as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes (notably azo dyes) and pharmaceuticals, a cross-linking agent for polyurethane resins, a feed additive, and a UV-absorbing…
UV Protection
Synthesis Intermediate
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Polymers & Resins
para-Phenylene Diisocyanate (PPDI)
CAS 104-49-4
Rigid aromatic diisocyanate used to make high-performance polyurethane elastomers with excellent thermal and dynamic properties Crosslinks polyols/polyamines into PU prepolymers for demanding elastomer and roll-cover applications Delivers high hardness, heat resistance and load-bearing performance in cast PU
Crosslinking / Curing
Synthesis Intermediate
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para-tert-Butylphenol (PTBP)
CAS 98-54-4
Phenolic intermediate used to make p-tert-butylphenol-formaldehyde tackifying/curing resins for contact and neoprene adhesives Functions in phenolic resin cure systems and as a chain-terminator that controls molecular weight in phenolic resins Used in adhesives, coatings and rubber-bonding resin systems
Crosslinking / Curing
Synthesis Intermediate
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Amines & Amides
Para-Xylylenediamine (PXDA)
CAS 539-48-0
Aromatic primary diamine curing agent for epoxy resins, delivering a high-Tg, chemically resistant cured network for tank linings and industrial floor coatings Crosslinks DGEBA and bisphenol-F epoxies in composites and protective coatings where heat-distortion resistance is required Used as a hardener where rigid, solvent-resistant epoxy…
Crosslinking / Curing
Synthesis Intermediate
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Paraffin Wax
CAS 8002-74-2
A refined petroleum wax that delivers a controllable melt point for candles, coatings, and barrier applications. It is used in candles, coatings, and packaging, and as a release and waterproofing agent across industrial applications.
Surfactancy
Thickening / Rheology
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Paraformaldehyde (Paraform)
CAS 30525-89-4
A dry, depolymerizable formaldehyde source for resin synthesis and industrial biocide duties. Established uses include production of formaldehyde-based resins, wood preservation, leather tanning, and service as a disinfectant, fumigant and fungicide in industrial settings.
Biocidal Action
Preservation
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PEG-100 Stearate
CAS 9004-99-3
A hydrophilic PEG stearate emulsifier that pairs with lipophilic co-emulsifiers to stabilize oil-in-water creams and lotions. It is used as an oil-in-water emulsifier and emulsion stabilizer in personal-care creams, lotions and related formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
PEG-12 Dimethicone
CAS 68937-54-2
A silicone polyether that bridges silicone and water phases, emulsifying and wetting where ordinary surfactants struggle. It is used as a nonionic silicone surfactant, emulsifier and wetting agent and as a conditioning agent in personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Wetting
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Amines & Amides
PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate
CAS 86893-19-8
A sugar-based nonionic PEG ester used to emulsify and structure surfactant cleansing systems. It is used as an emulsifying ingredient in personal-care and surfactant-based formulations.
Surfactancy
Thickening / Rheology
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Polymers & Resins
PEG-150/Decyl Alcohol/SMDI Copolymer
CAS 193487-42-2
An associative polyurethane thickener that builds viscosity in surfactant-based cleansers. It is used to thicken and stabilize aqueous surfactant systems in personal-care and cleansing formulations.
Film Formation
Thickening / Rheology
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Glycols & Polyols
PEG-200 Glyceryl Palmitate and PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate
CAS 67784-88-7
A two-ester nonionic blend formulated to emulsify and disperse oils in water-based systems. Both components act as emulsifiers and solubilizers in personal-care and cleansing formulations.
Surfactancy
Emolliency
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PEG-25 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
CAS 61788-85-0
An ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil that solubilizes fragrances and oils into aqueous systems. It is used as an emulsifier, solubilizer and surfactant in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Esters
PEG-30 Dipolyhydroxystearate
CAS 9046-34-8
A polymeric PEG diester built for stabilizing water-in-oil emulsions. It is used as an emulsifier, particularly for water-in-oil systems, in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Emolliency
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Glycols & Polyols
PEG-30 Glyceryl Cocoate
CAS 26160-80-5
A water-soluble ethoxylated glyceride that emulsifies oils and restores lipids in rinse-off cleansers. It functions as an emulsifier and refatting agent in surfactant-based personal-care and cleansing formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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PEG-4-Polyglyceryl-2-Stearate
CAS 879398-09-1
A PEG/polyglyceryl stearate ester used to emulsify oil-in-water cosmetic systems. It is used as an emulsifier in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Surfactancy
Lubrication
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PEG-40 Castor Oil
CAS 61791-12-6
Surfactancy
Wetting
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil
CAS 61788-85-0
An ethoxylated castor-oil surfactant that clarifies fragrance and oils into water-based systems at low dose. It is used as a solubilizer and emulsifier for fragrances, essential oils and lipophilic actives in aqueous personal-care and household formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Surfactants - Anionic
PEG-40 Sorbitan Diisostearate
CAS 58205-96-2
An ethoxylated sorbitan diester of isostearic acid for emulsifying oil-in-water cosmetics. It is used as an emulsifier and surfactant in cosmetic and personal-care formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Glycols & Polyols
PEG-400 Dilaurate
CAS 9005-02-1
A PEG diester of lauric acid used to emulsify and stabilize oil-containing systems. 400 MW) diester of lauric acid. It is used as an emulsifier, emollient and surfactant in cosmetic, personal-care and industrial formulations.
Surfactancy
Emolliency
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PEG-5 Undecyl Ether (Undeceth-5)
CAS 34398-01-1
A short-chain alcohol ethoxylate used for wetting, emulsifying and surface activity. It functions as a surfactant, emulsifier and wetting agent.
Cleaning / Degreasing
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Surfactants - Nonionic
PEG-6 Lauramide DEA
CAS 26635-75-6
An ethoxylated fatty alkanolamide that emulsifies and supports foam in liquid cleansers. Industry references record the lauramide ingredient class as a cosmetic emulsifying agent; it is also used as a foam-supporting and viscosity-building additive in surfactant-based cleansers.
Surfactancy
Cleaning / Degreasing
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