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Polymers & Resins
Polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA)
CAS 9011-14-7
A glass-clear acrylic thermoplastic, and in microsphere form a soft-focus texturizing powder. In primary and sheet form it is used for rigid transparent glazing, signage, coatings and molded parts; as fine spherical microspheres it is used as a bulking agent and slip modifier in cosmetics.
Film Formation
Slip / Release
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Polymethylsilsesquioxane
CAS 68554-70-1
A crosslinked silicone resin in spherical-powder form that rolls between surfaces for slip and a soft-focus, matte finish. It is used as a bulking agent and slip modifier that imparts a smooth, dry, soft-focus feel in color cosmetics and skin-care formulations.
Film Formation
Conditioning
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Polymers & Resins
Polypropylene (PP)
CAS 9003-07-0
A lightweight, chemically resistant polyolefin spanning rigid packaging, fibers, and automotive parts. It is converted into rigid packaging, fibers and nonwovens, films, and molded components for automotive and consumer goods.
Viscosity Modification
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Surfactants - Cationic
Polyquaternium-11
CAS 53633-54-8
A vinylpyrrolidone-based cationic copolymer chosen for film strength and conditioning in hair-styling and rinse-off products. It serves as a film former, hair fixative, antistatic, and conditioning agent in personal-care formulations.
Conditioning
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Surfactants - Cationic
Polyquaternium-2
CAS 68555-36-2
A cationic polyurea ionene supplied as a substantive conditioning and antistatic agent for hair and skin care. It is used in personal-care formulations as an antistatic and hair-conditioning agent.
Conditioning
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Surfactants - Cationic
Polyquaternium-7 (Acrylamide/DADMAC Copolymer)
CAS 26590-05-6
The high-volume acrylamide-diallyldimethylammonium copolymer relied on for conditioning that stays compatible with surfactant cleansers. It is used in personal-care formulations as a hair-conditioning, antistatic, and film-forming agent, and it is compatible with anionic surfactant systems.
Conditioning
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Polymers & Resins
Polystyrene (PS)
CAS 9003-53-6
A clear, rigid styrenic available as solid resin or expandable bead for packaging and insulation. General-purpose (GPPS) and high-impact (HIPS) grades are used in packaging, disposable foodservice items, and appliance and electronics housings.
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Polymers & Resins
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Dispersion
CAS 9002-84-0
A waterborne route to PTFE's non-stick, low-friction surface on coated and impregnated substrates. It is applied as a non-stick, low-friction, and chemically resistant coating and is used to impregnate glass fabric, bearings, and other substrates.
Thickening / Rheology
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Glycols & Polyols
Polytetramethylene Ether Glycol
CAS 25190-06-1
Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) is a linear polyether diol with hydroxyl groups at both chain ends. The ~2000 g/mol grade is a soft-segment building block for high-performance polyurethanes, valued for the resilience and abrasion resistance it builds into cast elastomers, thermoplastic polyurethane and spandex fiber
Film Formation
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Glycols & Polyols
Polytetramethylene ether glycol (Mn ~1000)
CAS 25190-06-1
Soft-segment polyether polyol (Mn ~1000) for cast and TPU polyurethane elastomers Key raw material for spandex/elastane fiber production Imparts hydrolysis resistance, low-temperature flexibility and resilience to PU
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Glycols & Polyols
Polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG)
CAS 25190-06-1
Soft-segment polyether polyol for high-performance PU elastomers and TPU Higher-MW grade for softer, more extensible cast elastomers and spandex Provides resilience, abrasion and hydrolysis resistance
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Polymers & Resins
Polyurethane
CAS 9009-54-5
Film Formation
Coupling / Adhesion Promotion
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Polymers & Resins
Polyurethane (PU)
A tunable polymer platform spanning soft foams to tough elastomers and protective coatings. It is supplied in primary forms for flexible and rigid foams, coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers.
Film Formation
Thickening / Rheology
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Polymers & Resins
Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVOH)
CAS 9002-89-5
A water-soluble synthetic polymer valued for film strength, adhesion, and emulsion-stabilizing power across textiles, paper, and packaging. Established uses include textile warp sizing, paper sizing and coating, water-based adhesives, protective-colloid and stabilizer duty in emulsion polymerization, and water-soluble films and fibers.
Film Formation
Viscosity Modification
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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
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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
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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-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
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Precipitated Silica
CAS 112926-00-8
Thickening / Rheology
Moisture Control
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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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Acids & Salts
Salicylic Acid
CAS 69-72-7
Synthesis Intermediate
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Acids & Salts
Sebacic Acid
CAS 111-20-6
A ten-carbon diacid that carries castor-derived feedstock into polyamide fibers, coating resins, and low-temperature ester fluids. It is a comonomer for nylon 6,10 and related polyamides, a raw material for alkyd and polyester resins, and a feedstock for plasticizer and lubricant esters.
pH Adjustment
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Silica Dimethyl Silylate (Hydrophobic Fumed Silica)
CAS 68611-44-9
Fumed silica capped with dimethylsilyl groups so it thickens oils and stays free-flowing in moisture. It is used as a rheology modifier and anti-settling thickener for non-aqueous and oil-rich systems, as an anti-caking and flow aid, and as an absorbent and bulking agent.
Defoaming / Foam Control
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Silica Dimethyl Silylate [Nano]
CAS 68611-44-9
A hydrophobic silica used as a thickening agent in cosmetics.
Defoaming / Foam Control
Viscosity Modification
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 10 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The broad low-viscosity workhorse at 10 cSt — fast-spreading like the thin grades but leaving a more persistent film. Dimethicone (PDMS) for cosmetic, dielectric and antifoam use.
Emolliency
Slip / Release
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 100,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
An instrument-grade damping fluid at 100,000 cSt — steady, temperature-insensitive damping that meets Federal Spec VV-D-1078. Very high-viscosity dimethicone (PDMS).
Lubrication
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Oil 5 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
A thin, fast-wetting 5 cSt dimethicone (PDMS) chosen where low viscosity and a dry, residue-free feel matter most — the lightest non-volatile silicone oil grade.
Emolliency
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Silicone Oil 50 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
A light mid-viscosity 50 cSt dimethicone (PDMS) that penetrates and coats evenly — picked where flow, fiber wet-out and bath circulation outweigh film durability.
Slip / Release
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Silicone Oil 500,000 cSt (Dimethicone, PDMS)
CAS 9006-65-9
The apex damping and torque-transfer grade at 500,000 cSt — dimethicone (PDMS) at the fluid-to-gum boundary, for torsional dampers and viscous couplings.
Lubrication
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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
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Silicone Fluids & Oils
Silicone Rubber
CAS 63394-02-5
A siloxane elastomer that holds its elasticity from sub-zero cold to sustained heat where organic rubbers fail. It is used to produce seals, gaskets, tubing, and molded parts that require flexibility and stability across a wide temperature range, and as an electrical insulating elastomer.
Crosslinking / Curing
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Surfactants - Anionic
Sodium Naphthalenesulfonate Formaldehyde Condensate
CAS 9084-06-4
Surfactancy
Wetting
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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
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Sodium Perborate Monohydrate
CAS 10332-33-9
Active-oxygen peroxoborate bleach for powdered detergents and cleaning products. PubChem classifies it as an oxidizing agent, and it is used as an oxygen-bleach source in detergents and cleaning products.
Color / Pigmentation
Biocidal Action
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Persulfate (Sodium Persulphate)
CAS 7775-27-1
A stable, water-soluble persulfate oxidant for radical initiation and oxidation duties. It functions as a bleaching and oxidizing agent and as an initiator for emulsion and solution polymerization.
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Polymers & Resins
Sodium Polyacrylate
CAS 9003-04-7
The sodium salt of polyacrylic acid that absorbs many times its weight in water and disperses scale-forming minerals. Depending on grade it is used as a superabsorbent polymer, as a thickener and film former in personal-care and household products, and as a dispersant, antiscalant and…
Thickening / Rheology
Scale Inhibition
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Polyaspartate (PASP)
CAS 94525-01-6
Polyamino-acid polyelectrolyte for scale inhibition and dispersancy in water-treatment programs. As an anionic polycarboxylate it acts as a threshold scale inhibitor, dispersant, and sequestering (chelating) agent in water-treatment and cleaning systems.
pH Adjustment
Scale Inhibition
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Polymers & Resins
Sodium Polymethacrylate (Na-PMA)
CAS 54193-36-1
Anionic polycarboxylate dispersant and antiscalant supplied as a ready-to-dose aqueous solution. As a polycarboxylate it functions as a dispersant, scale or threshold inhibitor, and rheology modifier for mineral and pigment slurries and water-treatment systems.
Crosslinking / Curing
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Mineral Fillers & Pigments
Sodium Selenate
CAS 13410-01-0
Water-soluble inorganic selenium source for fertilizer micronutrient and glass applications. Per Ullmann and HSDB it is used as an additive to fertilizers as a selenium micronutrient source, in glass manufacture, and as a laboratory reagent.
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Acids & Salts
Sodium Silicate Solution (Water Glass)
CAS 1344-09-8
Aqueous soluble-silicate binder and adhesive for foundry, paper, and construction use. PubChem and Hawley document its use in adhesives and binders, foundry molds, detergents, paper bleaching, ore treatment, and drilling fluids, and as a starting material for silica gels and zeolites.
pH Adjustment
Corrosion Inhibition
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Polymers & Resins
Sodium Tridecyl Ether Sulfate (Sodium C13 Alkyl Ether Sulfate)
CAS 54116-08-4
A C13 ether-sulfate surfactant supplied as a high-active anionic cleaning base. It functions as a foaming, wetting, and detergency agent in aqueous cleaning formulations.
Thickening / Rheology
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