products in Agriculture & Feed: Surfactant

Stepan Company

NACCONOL® 90G

NACCONOL® 90G is a high-active sodium salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid, renowned for its high foaming, fast wetting, and emulsification attributes. It finds use in cleaning formulations where foam is desirable and is versatile enough to be used in high-active, powder formulations, as well as construction products like concrete admixtures, firefighting foams, and dust control additives.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Kinetic - Nonionic Surfactant and Silicone Surfactant Blend

Kinetic is a unique nonionic organosilicone-based wetter/spreader/penetrant spray adjuvant. It is designed to provide rapid spreading and absorption of pesticide and nutrient sprays into plant leaves and stems. Because of its unique abilities, Kinetic can be used at much lower rates than conventional surfactants.

Stepan Company

MAKON® 10

MAKON® 10 is a high-active nonionic surfactant with applications in various fields, including agriculture, detergents, sanitizers, industrial cleaners, metal cleaners, textile applications, and paper deinking. It belongs to the category of nonylphenol ethoxylates and serves as an emulsifier, adjuvant, and wetting agent. This product is kosher-certified.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® D-40

BIO-SOFT® D-40 is a sodium salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid with approximately 38% active content. Its addition of hydrotrope gives it a clear and fluid consistency at room temperature. This high-foaming surfactant excels in fast wetting and emulsification, making it suitable for cleaning formulations desiring foam. It is compliant with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and listed on cleangredients.Org.

Stepan Company

AMMONYX® LO-A

AMMONYX® LO-A is an amphoteric surfactant with applications in personal care and hi&i as a foam enhancer, viscosity builder, and emulsifier. It can also act as a lubricant in textile applications. It is produced and available for use in the asia-pacific region.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® S-101

BIO-SOFT® S-101 is a c11.3 linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid that delivers excellent detergency and compatibility with other anionic, nonionic, and amphoteric surfactants. Its versatile application encompasses various hi&i cleaning scenarios, including acidic formulations. This surfactant's utility extends to emulsifiable concentrates, concentrated emulsions, and suspoemulsions within agricultural contexts. Compliant with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen, it also makes an appearance on cleangredients.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N-300

BIO-SOFT® N-300 is a triethanolamine salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. This anionic surfactant finds application in personal care products such as shampoo and bubble bath formulations as well as agricultural applications. It also exhibits excellent wetting, foaming, and detergent properties.

Stepan Company

STEPANATE® SXS-E

STEPANATE® SXS-E is an anionic surfactant employed in liquid detergents, heavy-duty cleaning products, wax stripping formulations, and dishwashing detergents. It acts as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. This product belongs to the chemical group of hydrotropic sulfonates, serving roles as an emulsifier, adjuvant, and hydrotrope. It's important to note that this product is also kosher-certified.

Stepan Company

AMMONYX® MO

AMMONYX® MO operates as a myristamine oxide, functioning as a cleansing agent, foam stabilizer, and viscosity builder in personal care and h&i products. This amphoteric surfactant is suitable for high-viscosity formulations and finds applications in various markets, including agricultural solutions, home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, personal care, and vehicle care.

Stepan Company

AMMONYX® MCO

AMMONYX® MCO serves as an amphoteric surfactant, functioning as a cleansing agent, foam booster, and viscosity builder in personal care and h&i cleaning products. Its roles span 2 in 1 shampoo, automatic dishwashing detergents, body wash, carwash automatic, carwash hand, facial cleansers, fine fabric wash, floor cleaners, and more.

Stepan Company

BIO-TERGE® AS-40

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 stands as an anionic surfactant that offers remarkable viscosity, foam characteristics, and mildness. This makes it an excellent candidate for an array of hi&i cleaning and personal care applications, as well as applications in agriculture formulations and construction products like concrete bases, firefighting foams, and dust control.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Dyne-A-Pak

Dyne-A-Pak is a unique adjuvant that provides deposition enhancement, while providing an alternative to traditional methylated seed oil and crop oil concentrate adjuvants. It can provide equivalent or superior efficacy enhancement with improved crop safety. Dyne-A-Pak enhances absorption of water-soluble herbicides and is compatible with most pesticides and liquid fertilizers.

Stepan Company

AMMONYX® CETAC

AMMONYX® CETAC serves as a cationic surfactant employed in hair conditioners, skin creams, and lotions to deliver conditioning and softening benefits. It is also multifunctional, working as a skin-feel enhancer, textile antistatic agent, and adjuvant. Its applications span a wide range, including 2-in-1 shampoo, automatic dishwashing detergents, body wash, creams and lotions, dairy cleaners, degreasers, detanglers, and more. Notably, it is kosher-certified, preservative-free, and sulfate-free.

Stepan Company

STEPANATE® SXS-30

STEPANATE® SXS-30 is an anionic surfactant that serves in various capacities, including liquid detergent, heavy-duty cleaning, wax stripping, dishwashing detergent formulations, and textile applications. Its roles encompass functioning as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. The product has been certified as kosher.

Sasol

SAFOL 23E9 Ethoxylate

SAFOL 23E9 Ethoxylate is a biodegradable nonionic derived from SAFOL 23 Alcohol and is ethoxylated to an average of nine moles of ethylene oxide. SAFOL 23E9 Ethoxylate is semi-solid to solid at room temperature and essentially 100% active. The narrow range version of this ethoxylate, made using Sasol Chemicals' patented NOVEL catalyst technology, is also available.

Sasol

SAFOL 23E7 Ethoxylate

SAFOL 23E7 Ethoxylate is a biodegradable nonionic derived from SAFOL 23 Alcohol and is ethoxylated to an average of seven moles of ethylene oxide. SAFOL 23E7 Ethoxylate is liquid at room temperature and essentially 100% active. The narrow range version of this ethoxylate, made using Sasol Chemicals' patented NOVEL catalyst technology, is also available.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N-411

BIO-SOFT® N-411 is an anionic surfactant in the form of an isopropyl amine salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. Its oil solubility and water dispersibility render it ideal for emulsion degreasers, laundry prespotters, dry cleaning products, paint strippers, hard surface cleaners, and as an emulsifier for petroleum-based solvents.

Stepan Company

STEOL® CA-460

STEOL® CA-460 is a 60% active synthetic 3-mole ammonium laureth sulfate renowned for its excellent foaming and foam stability properties. This anionic surfactant, containing ethanol, maintains clarity and fluidity at room temperature. Its applications encompass liquid laundry detergents, car and truck washes, dishwashers, industrial foaming, scouring, leveling, and coupling in textile and metalworking applications.

Stepan Company

BIO-TERGE® AS-90 BEADS

BIO-TERGE® AS-90 BEADS is a high-active, spray-dried anionic surfactant that excels in wetting, foaming, and detergency. Its applications span household, personal care, and industrial contexts, including shampoos, liquid hand soaps, bath products, dust control, concrete and firefighting foams, suspension concentrates, suspoemulsions, and agricultural applications.

Stepan Company

STEOL® CS-270

STEOL® CS-270 is a concentrated 70% active flowable paste comprising 2-mol sodium laureth sulfate. Its versatile application includes detergents, dishwashers, laundry products, shampoos, bath products, liquid hand soaps, and industrial cleaners. This anionic surfactant excels in producing foam regardless of water hardness, with skin irritation properties being minimal. It is also beneficial as an additive and scouring agent in textile and agricultural applications.

Stepan Company

STEOL® CS-460

STEOL® CS-460 is a 60% active, synthetic 3-mole sodium laureth sulfate featuring excellent detergent and foaming properties. This anionic surfactant's ethanol content lends clarity and fluidity at room temperature. Its versatility spans shampoos, laundry detergents, h&i cleaners, textile mill keir boiling and bleaching formulations, textile detergents, and various agricultural applications.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N91-8

BIO-SOFT® N91-8 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with an hlb of 13.9, suitable for oil-in-water formulations. It offers fast wetting and high foam, even in high-temperature cleaning, due to its elevated cloud point. With applications spanning laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning, it complies with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Kinetic HV

Kinetic is a unique nonionic organosilicone-based wetter/spreader/penetrant spray adjuvant. It is designed to provide rapid spreading and absorption of pesticide and nutrient sprays into plant leaves and stems. Because of its unique abilities, Kinetic can be used at much lower rates than conventional surfactants.

Stepan Company

MAKON® OP-9

MAKON® OP-9 is a nonionic surfactant with versatile applications in agricultural, dilutable hard surface cleaners, and industrial formulations. It operates as an emulsifier, detergent, dispersant, and wetting agent, catering to a wide range of needs. Belonging to the chemical group of octyl phenol ethoxylates, its functions encompass acting as an emulsifier, an adjuvant, and a wetting agent. It's important to note that this product is also certified as kosher.

Stepan Company

NINATE® 411

NINATE® 411 is an isopropyl amine salt of branched alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. It is an anionic surfactant used in the manufacture of latex. It also finds application in a variety of agricultural formulations and in oil- and solvent-based systems. It is kosher-certified.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® S-120

BIO-SOFT® S-120 is a c12.0 linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid. Its anionic surfactant attributes include excellent detergency and compatibility with other anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic surfactants. Its high 2-phenyl content aids in maintaining clarity in liquid formulations with higher salt and active levels. Designed for a variety of hi&i cleaners, including acidic formulations, it extends its application to emulsifiable concentrates, concentrated emulsions, and suspoemulsions within the agricultural sphere.

Stepan Company

NINATE® 401-A

NINATE® 401-A offers a 60% active non-aqueous calcium alkylbenzene sulfonate composition. This anionic surfactant's role involves partnering with nonionic surfactants to form effective emulsifier systems, making it a valuable asset in a range of agricultural formulations. Additionally, it has relevance in hi&i oil- and solvent-based systems.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N91-6

BIO-SOFT® N91-6 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low pour point and high hlb, excelling in fast wetting, moderate foam, emulsification, and detergency. Applications include laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning. It satisfies the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

Stepan Company

MAKON® NF-12

MAKON® NF-12 is a nonionic surfactant renowned for its low foaming characteristics and excellent wetting capabilities. Its versatility is evident in applications like mechanical dishwashing, metal cleaning, spray washing, general-purpose cleaning, emulsion polymerization, textile wetting and scouring, and as an adjuvant for agricultural products.

Stepan Company

MAKON® NF-12 E

MAKON® NF-12 E is a nonionic surfactant valued for its low foaming properties and excellent wetting action. It's employed across applications like mechanical dishwashing, metal cleaning, spray washing, general-purpose cleaning, emulsion polymerization, textile wetting and scouring, and as an adjuvant for agricultural products.

Sasol

SAFOL 23E3 Ethoxylate

SAFOL 23E3 Ethoxylate is a biodegradable nonionic derived from SAFOL 23 Alcohol and is ethoxylated to an average of three moles of ethylene oxide. SAFOL 23E3 is liquid at room temperature and essentially 100% active. The narrow range version of this ethoxylate, made using Sasol Chemicals' patented NOVEL catalyst technology, is also available.

Stepan Company

MAKON® L61

MAKON® L61 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer known for its low foaming, defoaming, and water-in-oil emulsification attributes. Its versatility spans markets like household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, metalworking, and textiles. It finds usage in areas such as defoaming, metal cleaning, spray washing, warewashing, general-purpose cleaning, textile wetting and scouring, agricultural adjuvants, and non-foaming emulsions. It is another product within the makon® line, featuring low ash content.

Stepan Company

MAKON® 4

MAKON® 4 is an all-high-active nonionic surfactant with diverse applications, including agriculture, detergents, sanitizers, industrial cleaners, metal cleaners, textiles, and paper deinking. Their chemical group is nonylphenol ethoxylates, and they serve as emulsifiers, adjuvants, and wetting agents. This product is kosher-certified.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N25-9

BIO-SOFT® N25-9 is a c12–15 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a high hlb, offering emulsification, moderate foam, detergency, and excellent wetting. Its high cloud point promotes formulation clarity. This product is commonly used in laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications.

Stepan Company

MAKON® TD-6

MAKON® TD-6 is a nonionic surfactant with applications in a diverse set of agricultural formulations. Like makon® td-18, it can be used as an hlb variable and belongs to the category of alcohol etheroxylates and tridecyl alcohol etheroxylates. Its roles include acting as an emulsifier, adjuvant, and wetting agent. This product is kosher-certified.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N1-7

BIO-SOFT® N1-7 is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate delivering fast wetting, moderate to high foam, emulsification abilities, and effective detergency. Its application spans laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning. It meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and cleangredients listing, ensuring environmental and safety compliance.