Oil, Gas & Mining ×
Glycols & Polyols
Polypropylene Glycol (PPG-26)
CAS 25322-69-4
A medium-chain polyether polyol delivering surfactancy, lubricity, and defoaming across industrial and personal-care formulations. Polypropylene glycols serve as nonionic surfactants and wetting agents, lubricant and functional-fluid base fluids, defoamers, and intermediates in polyurethane manufacture.
Emolliency
Solvency
View Details
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.
Film Formation
View Details
Specialty Additives
Potassium Amyl Xanthate (PAX)
CAS 2720-73-2
A sulfide-mineral flotation collector supplied to mineral-processing and mining operations. Its established use is as a collector in the froth flotation of sulfide minerals during ore concentration.
Wetting
View Details
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
View Details
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
View Details
Specialty Additives
Potassium Ethyl Xanthate (PEX)
CAS 140-90-9
A short-chain xanthate flotation collector and analytical reagent for sulfide-mineral processing. It is used as a collector in the froth flotation of sulfide minerals and as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
Wetting
View Details
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
View Details
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
View Details
Acids & Salts
Potassium Permanganate
CAS 7722-64-7
Biocidal Action
Synthesis Intermediate
View Details
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
pH Adjustment
View Details
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
Solvency
View Details
Solvents - Oxygenated
Propargyl Alcohol (2-Propyn-1-ol)
CAS 107-19-7
A reactive acetylenic alcohol valued as an acid-corrosion inhibitor and a versatile synthesis building block. It is used as a corrosion inhibitor for steel in acid environments, as a stabilizer for chlorinated solvents, and as a chemical intermediate.
Solvency
Corrosion Inhibition
View Details
Specialty Additives
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
Preservation
View Details
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
Viscosity Modification
View Details
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
Solvency
View Details
Glycols & Polyols
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
Cleaning / Degreasing
View Details
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
View Details
Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 1,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The classic antifoam base oil at 1,000 cSt — tenacious yet still dispersible. Dimethicone (PDMS) for foam control, tenacious lubrication and conditioning.
Defoaming
Lubrication
View Details
Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 12,500 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The polish-active grade at 12,500 cSt — a high-viscosity dimethicone (PDMS) that builds depth of gloss, and a recognised damping and hydraulic-stabiliser medium.
Slip / Release
Lubrication
View Details
Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 60,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
A very-high-viscosity 60,000 cSt dimethicone (PDMS) for vibration and shock damping, plastics slip/anti-block and slow-migrating release films.
Slip / Release
Lubrication
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (SAPP, Disodium Pyrophosphate)
CAS 7758-16-9
A controlled-rate leavening acid in the bakery and a chelating, metal-conditioning phosphate on the plant floor. It is used as a leavening acid in baking powders and as a food acidulant, sequestrant, and buffering agent, and industrially as a chelating and dispersing agent and a…
Chelation / Sequestration
pH Adjustment
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda)
CAS 144-55-8
A single low-cost alkali that leavens, buffers, scrubs, and neutralizes across food, cleaning, and process chemistry. It is used across food, cleaning, and personal-care applications as a leavening agent, buffering and neutralizing agent, mild abrasive, and deodorizer, and industrially in uses ranging from flue-gas treatment…
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Bisulfite (Sodium Hydrogen Sulfite)
CAS 7631-90-5
A sulfur-based reducer that scavenges oxygen, strips chlorine, and bleaches across water, pulp, and textile streams. It is used as a reducing and oxygen-scavenging agent, a bleaching agent for wood pulp and textiles, an antioxidant and preservative, a dechlorinating agent in water treatment, and a…
Preservation
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Bromide
CAS 7647-15-6
Biocidal Action
Synthesis Intermediate
View Details
Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Caprylyl Sulfonate (Sodium Octanesulfonate)
CAS 142-31-4
A compact octane-sulfonate that couples and clarifies high-surfactant cleaning concentrates. It is used as a wetting agent, hydrotrope, and coupling or solubilizing aid in cleaning and personal-care formulations.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash)
CAS 497-19-8
Soda ash is the high-volume alkali behind glassmaking, detergents and water treatment, supplied in light and dense grades.
Thickening / Rheology
pH Adjustment
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Carbonate Monohydrate (Soda Ash)
CAS 5968-11-6
The hydrated soda-ash grade feeding glassmaking, water treatment, and alkaline process chemistry. It is used to manufacture glass, sodium salts, and soap; in textile washing, scouring, and bleaching and in water softening; and in photography and analytical chemistry as an alkalizer and acid-base standard.
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Chlorate
CAS 7775-09-9
An oxidizer whose largest outlet is on-site chlorine-dioxide generation for pulp and paper bleaching. Its primary use is as a precursor for chlorine dioxide generation to bleach wood pulp and paper; it is also used as an oxidizer in dye, match, and explosives manufacture, in…
Biocidal Action
Synthesis Intermediate
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Chloride (Industrial Salt)
CAS 7647-14-5
Bulk industrial salt for brine systems, leather processing, and chlor-alkali feedstock supply. It is used in hide preservation and the pickling stage of leather production, as brine for ion-exchange regeneration, and as a feedstock for chlor-alkali production.
Thickening / Rheology
Viscosity Modification
View Details
Mineral Fillers & Pigments
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
View Details
Mineral Fillers & Pigments
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
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Formaldehyde Bisulfite (Sodium Hydroxymethanesulfonate)
CAS 870-72-4
A formaldehyde-bisulfite adduct delivering controlled reducing power for textile and mineral-processing operations. Used as a reducing and stripping agent in textile dyeing, as a developer component in photography, and as a reagent in lead-zinc ore flotation.
Preservation
Biocidal Action
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Hexametaphosphate (SHMP)
CAS 10124-56-8
A polyphosphate sequestrant that softens water and disperses minerals without precipitate formation. Used in water treatment as a sequestrant and scale/corrosion inhibitor, in detergents, as a dispersant for clays and pigments, as a food additive (sequestrant and emulsifying salt), and as a thinner for drilling…
Chelation / Sequestration
Scale Inhibition
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Hydrosulfide (NaHS)
CAS 16721-80-5
A concentrated bisulfide source for leather, pulp, dye, and mineral-flotation chemistry. Used to dehair hides in leather processing, as a pulping and desulfurizing agent in pulp, paper, and rayon production, in the manufacture of sulfur dyes, and as a flotation reagent and copper depressant in…
pH Adjustment
Synthesis Intermediate
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Hydrosulfite
CAS 7775-14-6
Synthesis Intermediate
Color / Pigmentation
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl, Bleach)
CAS 7681-52-9
Aqueous chlorine bleach delivering oxidative bleaching and disinfection across water, textile, and industrial uses. Used as a bleaching agent in textile, pulp, and paper processing and laundry, as a disinfectant in water treatment, swimming pools, and cooling towers, and to detoxify cyanide in metal-finishing baths.
pH Adjustment
Biocidal Action
View Details
Specialty Additives
Sodium Isobutyl Xanthate (SIBX)
CAS 25306-75-6
A short-chain xanthate collector for selective froth flotation of sulfide ores. Used as a collector reagent in the froth flotation of sulfide minerals for recovery of base and precious metals.
Wetting
View Details
Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES)
CAS 3088-31-1
A high-foaming ethoxylated sulfate surfactant that anchors cleansing and detergent systems. Used as a primary foaming and cleansing surfactant in shampoos, bubble baths, and household and industrial detergents.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
View Details
Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lauroamphodiacetate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Hexylene Glycol Blend
A pre-formulated amphoteric/anionic surfactant base for ready-to-build cleansers. Used as a cleansing surfactant base for personal-care formulations such as shampoos and body washes.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Wetting
View Details
Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS)
CAS 151-21-3
A high-foaming anionic surfactant — SLS cleanses, emulsifies and wets across personal-care, household and industrial formulations, and denatures proteins for SDS-PAGE in the lab.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
View Details
Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Lignosulfonate (Sodium Ligninsulfonate)
CAS 8061-51-6
Lignin-derived anionic dispersant and binder for concrete, drilling, agriculture, and mineral processing. HSDB documents its use as a dispersant, emulsion stabilizer, chelating agent, and ore-flotation agent, and in concrete admixtures, oil-well drilling muds, and as a soil stabilizer and road binder.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Metasilicate Pentahydrate
CAS 10213-79-3
Hydrated alkaline silicate that dissolves readily into detergent and cleaning concentrates. Industry references record use of alkali-metal silicates as starting materials for silicas and zeolites, in detergents and cleaners, and in pulp and paper production; it is also a foundry mold and core material and…
pH Adjustment
Cleaning / Degreasing
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Metasilicate, Anhydrous
CAS 6834-92-0
Anhydrous alkaline silicate builder for heavy-duty detergents, metal cleaning, and foundry binders. PubChem and Hawley list its use in detergents and cleaners, metal cleaning, foundry molds, paper and textile bleaching, ore treatment, and drilling fluids, and as a starting material for silica gels and zeolites.
Chelation / Sequestration
pH Adjustment
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Molybdate
CAS 7631-95-0
A soluble molybdate that inhibits corrosion and supplies molybdenum across treatment and finishing systems. It is used as a corrosion inhibitor in cooling-water and metalworking systems, in pigment manufacture, as a metal-finishing bath additive, and as a molybdenum micronutrient in fertilizers.
Corrosion Inhibition
View Details
Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Myreth Sulfate
CAS 25446-80-4
Myristyl ether-sulfate surfactant for foam and detergency in cleansing concentrates. Industry references record it as a CIR-reviewed ingredient present in personal-care and pet-care products.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Nitrate (Chile Saltpeter)
CAS 7631-99-4
Inorganic nitrate oxidizer for glass, explosives, nitric-acid synthesis, and heat-transfer salts. HSDB documents its use in fertilizers, as the oxidizing component of explosives and blasting agents, as an oxidizer and fluxing agent in glass and enamel manufacture, and in the production of nitric acid and…
Preservation
Synthesis Intermediate
View Details
Acids & Salts
Sodium Nitrite
CAS 7632-00-0
Inorganic nitrite for meat curing, corrosion inhibition, and diazotization chemistry. HSDB documents its use as a color fixative and preservative in cured meats and fish, as a corrosion inhibitor in multipurpose greases and heat-transfer salts, in textile dyeing and printing, and in metal treatment and…
Preservation
Corrosion Inhibition
View Details
Esters
Sodium Oleate
CAS 143-19-1
Fatty-acid soap and emulsifier for flotation, emulsion polymerization, and oil/water systems. HSDB documents its use in ore flotation, textile waterproofing, metal polishes, and polymer curing, and as an emulsifier for oil/water systems and in the emulsion polymerization of butadiene.
Cleaning / Degreasing
Surfactancy
View Details