products in Agriculture & Feed: Surfactant

Stepan Company

MAKON® TD-12

MAKON® TD-12 is a nonionic surfactant that finds its place in a wide array of agricultural formulations. Serving as both an hlb variable and fulfilling roles in emulsification, adjuvant, and wetting, it is certified kosher. Its application spans areas like capsule suspensions (cs), concentrated emulsions (ew), dry cleaning, and emulsifiable concentrates (ec) within the agricultural solutions, home care, and institutional and industrial cleaning markets.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® EC-690

BIO-SOFT® EC-690 is a nonionic surfactant that provides stability in both acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions. It offers moderate and stable foam along with high detergency. Tailored for laundry and various cleaning applications, including household, institutional, and industrial hard surface cleaners, BIO-SOFT® EC-690 complies with the u.S. Safer choice surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

Stepan Company

MAKON® 12

MAKON® 12 functions as a high-active nonionic surfactant of great utility across agricultural applications, detergents, sanitizers, industrial cleaners, metal cleaners, textiles, and paper deinking. MAKON® 12's role encompasses being an emulsifier, adjuvant, and wetting agent. The product bears kosher certification.

Stepan Company

AMMONYX® DO

AMMONYX® DO is an amphoteric surfactant catering to household and h&i applications. It boasts low and fast-breaking foam properties while contributing to viscosity building. With relevance in the textile industry, AMMONYX® DO is kosher certified, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo/po-free (ethylene oxide, propylene oxide).

Stepan Company

MAKON® 8

MAKON® 8 serves similarly to makon® 12, functioning as a high-active nonionic surfactant with versatile applications. Its use spans agricultural applications, detergents, sanitizers, industrial cleaners, metal cleaners, textiles, and paper deinking. Just like MAKON® 8's counterpart, it holds kosher certification.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Optima (HAE)

Optima is a specialized formulation of surfactants and buffering agents, which improves application coverage while buffering the spray mix pH. Optima also contains adjuvant ingredients known to improve the absorption of certain herbicides, which can improve weed and grass control.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® 411-E

BIO-SOFT® 411-E is an anionic surfactant catering to applications in degreasers, laundry pre-spotters, and other i&i (industrial and institutional) cleaners. It falls under the alkyl benzene sulfonates sulfonates chemical group and serves functions as a dispersant, emulsifier, and adjuvant. The product is certified kosher.

Stepan Company

STEOL® CS-270 C

STEOL® CS-270 C is a high-active, concentrated paste at 70% activity level. This 2-mole sodium laureth sulfate functions effectively across various applications, including detergents, dishwashers, laundry products, shampoos, bath products, liquid hand soaps, and industrial cleaners. Its robust foaming capacity remains consistent irrespective of water hardness, and its low skin irritation properties are noteworthy. Furthermore, it is suitable as an additive and scouring agent in textile and agricultural applications.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® EC-600

BIO-SOFT® EC-600 is a nonionic surfactant blend featuring an hlb (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) value of 10.6. This versatile surfactant finds use in wetting, emulsification, and as a degreasing booster within industrial cleaners, detergents, and paint additives. One of its notable features is its comparison to np-6 (nonylphenol ethoxylate), where bio-soft® n-600 exhibits rapid wetting properties. It effectively replaces nonylphenol ethoxylates as a more environmentally friendly option. Furthermore, it aligns with the standards set by the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen, and its inclusion on cleangredients underscores its commitment to sustainable formulations.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® EC-639

BIO-SOFT® EC-639 is a nonionic surfactant providing stability in aqueous acidic and alkaline solutions, moderate and stable foam, and high detergency. It aligns well with laundry, household, institutional, and industrial hard surface cleaners. The surfactant adheres to the u.S. Epa safer choice surfactant screen and cleangredients listing.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N23-3

BIO-SOFT® N23-3 is a c12-13 linear alcohol ethoxylate that provides moderate wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. With a low hlb, this product can be used in textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N25-7

BIO-SOFT® N25-7 is a c12–15 linear alcohol ethoxylate boasting fast wetting, excellent detergent, and emulsification attributes. Its low interfacial tension and low cmc make it particularly suitable for laundry detergents and prespotters, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning. It adheres to the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

Stepan Company

STEPANATE® SXS

STEPANATE® SXS is an anionic surfactant that functions as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. Its applications span liquid detergents, heavy-duty cleaning products, wax stripping formulations, dishwashing detergents, and textile applications. It adheres to the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N23-6.5

BIO-SOFT® N23-6.5 is a c12-13 linear alcohol ethoxylate that provides fast wetting, moderate foam, emulsification, and detergency. This product finds application in laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

Stepan Company

MAKON® DA-6

MAKON® DA-6 is a high-active nonionic surfactant that excels in emulsification, moderate foam generation, detergency, and excellent wetting properties. It has a broad spectrum of applications, including laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, hand dishwashing, and institutional and industrial cleaning formulations. Importantly, makon da-6 aligns with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

Stepan Company

MAKON® TD-50

MAKON® TD-50 is a tridecyl alcohol block copolymer, serving as a nonionic surfactant that finds applications across a wide spectrum of agricultural formulations. Its versatility extends to being utilized as an hlb variable. Classified within the chemical group of alcohol ethoxylates and tridecyl alcohol ethoxylates, its roles encompass emulsifier, adjuvant, and wetting agent functions. It's also important to note that this product holds kosher certification.

Stepan Company

MAKON® NF-5

MAKON® NF-5 stands as a nonionic surfactant, providing excellent wetting and low foaming traits. Its utility is broad, spanning mechanical dishwashing, metal cleaning, spray washing, general-purpose cleaning, emulsion polymerization, textile wetting, and scouring, as well as an additive for agricultural products.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N91-2.5

BIO-SOFT® N91-2.5 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate featuring a low hlb. This versatile product offers rapid wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. Its applications span laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, machine-based cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, and institutional and industrial cleaning contexts.

Godrej

Ginasul 68 P

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Blendex VHC

Blendex VHC is a blend of compatibility and stabilizing agents for use with multiple products in a single tank mix. It affects the wetting and spreading characteristics of a spray solution and is non-corrosive.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Cide Winder (HAE)

Cide Winder is an adjuvant that can be used as a crop oil concentrate, methylated seed oil or nonionic surfactant, depending on use rate. Formulated with raw materials produced from corn and soybeans, it provides a high level of safety to the treated crops. Cide Winder also improves canopy deposition of the applied spray and is compatible with a wide range of pesticide and plant nutritional products.

Godrej

Ginasul 46P AOS Powder (94%min)

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Buffer P.S. (WA) (HAE)

Buffer P.S. is a blend of buffering agents designed to adjust the pH of alkaline waters and minimize hydrolysis of pesticides, which tend to decompose in alkaline spray solutions. Buffer P.S. also affects the wetting and spreading characteristics of a spray solution.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Cohere (HAE)

Cohere is a film-free, wax-soluble spreader-sticker adjuvant for fungicide and insecticide applications. It contains surface melding technology that allows the spray solution to penetrate the plant’s surface. Unlike most stickers, Cohere does not require sunlight exposure to set the solution and leaves no sticky residues on spray equipment.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Induce (CA)

Induce is a special blend of nonionic, low-foam components. It is designed to quickly wet and spread a more uniform spray deposit over plant leaf and stem surfaces. With a high level of free fatty acids, Induce reduces wash-off.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Induce (ID & WA)

Induce is a special blend of nonionic, low-foam components. It is designed to quickly wet and spread a more uniform spray deposit over plant leaf and stem surfaces. With a high level of free fatty acids, Induce reduces wash-off.

Helena Agri-Enterprises

Helena Agri-Enterprises Dyne-Amic

Dyne-Amic is an effective blend of highly refined methylated seed oils in combination with specialized organosilicone-based nonionic surfactants. With its low phytotoxicity qualities, Dyne-Amic is much easier on your crops than conventional crop oil concentrates. The oil component of Dyne-Amic provides excellent penetration, while the surfactant provides highly effective spreading and coverage.

Stepan Company

STEOL® KA-460

STEOL® KA-460 emerges as an anionic surfactant recognized for its impressive wetting, foaming, and detergency attributes. It's a suitable candidate for incorporation into liquid dishwashing detergents, laundry detergents, textile detergents, industrial cleaners, and car and truck wash applications. The product bears kosher certification.

Stepan Company

MAKON® 17R4

MAKON® 17R4 stands as a nonionic reverse eo/po block copolymer that exhibits fast-breaking, low foaming, defoaming properties, and strong detergency. Its applicability spans numerous markets, from industrial and institutional to pulp and paper and textiles. It can be utilized in metalworking fluids, dispersants, industrial lubricants, agricultural pesticide formulations, and low foaming detergents. Like other products in the makon® line, it is a low ash product.

Stepan Company

STEOL® CA-330

STEOL® CA-330 is a low-active, 3-mole ammonium laureth sulfate with commendable foaming and viscosity characteristics, coupled with low skin irritation potential. Its versatile applications span children's cleaning products, shampoos, bath products, cleansing products, industrial foaming agents, and various agricultural formulations.

Stepan Company

CEDEPAL® TD-403 MKLD

CEDEPAL® TD-403 MKLD is a gentle, branched-chain anionic surfactant renowned for its superb wetting and foaming properties. This sodium trideceth sulfate product is preserved with cit/MIT and is well-suited for mild cleansing products, baby products, shampoos, liquid hand soaps, and bath products.

Stepan Company

AMMONYX® M

AMMONYX® M is an amphoteric surfactant produced in europe, functioning as a foam enhancer, wetting agent, detergent, and thickening agent. Its applications span personal care and hi&i cleaning products, including 2-in-1 shampoos, automatic dishwashing detergents, body washes, facial cleansers, hand dishwashing detergents, hand soaps, and various types of hard surface cleaners.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N1-3

BIO-SOFT® N1-3 is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low hlb value, offering emulsification, low foam, detergency, and wetting properties. Its versatility shines in oil-in-water formulations, making it suitable for textiles, automatic dishwashing detergents, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

Stepan Company

MAKON® TD-18

MAKON® TD-18 is a nonionic surfactant utilized in a wide range of agricultural formulations. It can be employed as an hlb (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) variable and falls within the category of alcohol etheroxylates and tridecyl alcohol etheroxylates. Its functions encompass being an emulsifier, adjuvant, and wetting agent. This product is kosher-certified.

Stepan Company

BIO-SOFT® N-900

BIO-SOFT® N-900 is a nonionic surfactant blend renowned for its cleaning, degreasing, and detergent properties. It can serve as a replacement for np-9 and be formulated into both concentrates and ready-to-use products. This versatile product remains stable in aqueous acidic and alkaline solutions. It also aligns with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.Org.

Stepan Company

MAKON® NI 10

MAKON® NI 10 represents a nonionic surfactant blend adept at effective emulsification for textile lubricant formulations and pesticide concentrates, in addition to its role as a detergent for wet processing. Its composition stems from the alkylphenol alkoxylates chemical group, and it bears kosher certification.