Products in Cationic Surfactants

STEPANQUAT® ML is a quaternary compound intended for use in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions include conditioning, static control, and emulsification for both oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions. It finds application across various markets including Food & Nutrition, Household, Industrial & Institutional Care, and Personal Care.

STEPANQUAT® DC1 is a concentrated quaternary blend that is highly suitable for formulating hair conditioners. It provides excellent detangling properties and enhances both wet and dry combability. This blend is a valuable addition to detanglers, hair conditioners, and hair styling products.

AMMONYX® CETAC-30 E finds application in a range of contexts, delivering notable conditioning and softening attributes. As a cationic surfactant, it's employed in formulations like hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Categorized within the chemical group of quaternary ammonium compounds, its primary function revolves around enhancing the skin's feel. Furthermore, it's worth mentioning that this product is sulfate-free.

AMMONYX® 4B is a substantive ammonium quaternary used in applications such as hair conditioners, rinses, mousses, creams, and lotions. It fulfills the functions of enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. It finds relevance in the personal care and industrial product markets.

AMMONYX® 4 operates as a substantive cationic quaternary, commonly employed in conditioners, cream rinses, mousses, and lotions. Its primary functions are enhancing skin feel and serving as a textile antistatic agent. It finds applications in 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, detanglers, facial cleansers, hair conditioners, hair styling, and hair and scalp treatments. Its presence spans across the industrial products and personal care markets.

STEPANQUAT® 65, benzalkonium chloride solutions, stand as a reliable choice for broad-spectrum preservation in personal care and pharmaceutical products. This clear liquid, maintaining its clarity at 25°C, is especially suitable for applications like eye contact lens solutions and topical antiseptics.

STEPANQUAT® Soleil is a modern hair conditioning agent that is better for the hair and the environment thanks to its better ecotoxicity profile compared to btac (behentrimonium chloride) and cetac (cetrimonium chloride). Additionally, stepanquat soleil is readily biodegradable, gmo-free, and derived from local renewable or sustainable feedstock. This product smooths each individual hair strand for super-soft, manageable hair without any build-up effect. It allows for easy combing on both wet and dry hair and possesses great substantivity. It conditions hair as well as or better than market-leading conditioning agents while having a very nice environmental profile.

STEPANQUAT® GA 90 is a quaternary compound utilized as a conditioning agent in hair conditioners, skin care products, and household and industrial fabric softeners. It's derived from natural and plant-based sources, bio-based, and suitable for applications such as body washes, detanglers, fabric softeners, facial cleansers, hair conditioners, hair styling products, and textile softeners.

AMMONYX® CETAC-30 is a cationic surfactant with its primary application in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions encompass enhancing skin feel and acting as a textile antistatic agent. Its presence spans across the home care, industrial products, institutional and industrial cleaning, and personal care markets. It's worth noting that the product is kosher-certified, preservative-free, and sulfate-free.

STEPANQUAT® HC BASE is a cationic surfactant that has its primary application in hair conditioning. Noteworthy features include its compatibility with cold mixing processes, eliminating the need for heat. Its application extends to detanglers and hair conditioners within the realm of personal care products.

STEPANTEX® DC 90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary that offers commendable softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties. As a liquid cationic surfactant, it is particularly well-suited for creating formulations of fabric softeners intended for both household and industrial use. It falls within the chemical group of dialkyl quaternary esters and functions as a textile antistatic agent. Notably, this product is kosher-certified, can be cold-mixed, and does not necessitate heating during the formulation process.

STEPANQUAT® 50, benzalkonium chloride solutions, stand as a reliable choice for broad-spectrum preservation in personal care and pharmaceutical products. This clear liquid, maintaining its clarity at 25°C, is especially suitable for applications like eye contact lens solutions and topical antiseptics.

STEPANQUAT® Helia is a modern hair conditioning agent with hair-friendly and environmentally-friendly attributes. This mild, naturally-derived cationic surfactant is perfect for hair conditioners and skincare products. It imparts excellent wet and dry combability to hair, along with detangling and a soft, conditioned feel. Moreover, it provides substantive conditioning without causing buildup. In skincare applications, it delivers a unique, soft, conditioned skin feel and emulsification for oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions.

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.

ESAFLOR® EC 3 is a cationic bio-based derivative of guar gum, with high molecular weight and medium cationic substitution. It offers optimal conditioning properties for hair and skin care products, as well as deposition of water-insoluble actives. Ideal for everyday-use shampoos. Suitable for conditioning shampoos, cream rinses, bath and shower products and other personal care products. Physical form: powder, 100%

ESAFLOR® EC 4 is a cationic bio-based derivative of guar gum, with high molecular weight and medium cationic substitution. It is self-hydrating, requiring no pH adjustment for its dissolution in water. It offers optimal conditioning properties for hair and skin care products, as well as deposition of water-insoluble actives. Ideal for everyday-use shampoos. Suitable for conditioning shampoos, cream rinses, bath and shower products and other personal care products. Physical form: powder, 100%

ESAFLOR® ZERO-X is a cationic bio-based derivative of guar gum, with high molecular weight and medium cationic substitution. It is self-hydrating, requiring no pH adjustment for its dissolution in water. It offers optimal conditioning properties for hair and skin care products, as well as deposition of water-insoluble actives. Ideal for everyday-use shampoos. Suitable for conditioning shampoos, cream rinses, bath and shower products and other personal care products. Manufactured sustainable Esaflor® ZERO-X Tecnology. Physical form: powder, 100%

ESAFLOR® LIGHT is a cationic bio-based polymer, derived from guar gum, with low aqueous viscosity. Ideal for baby shampoos or thin hair. It ensures light conditioning properties, without weighing hair down, perfect for volumizing and conditioning shampoos. Suitable also for cream rinses, bath and shower products and other personal care products. Manufactured sustainable Esaflor® ZERO-X Tecnology. Physical form: powder, 100%

ESAFLOR® EC 5 is a cationic bio-based polymer, derived from guar gum, with low aqueous viscosity. Ideal for baby shampoos or thin hair. It ensures light conditioning rpoperties, without weighing hair down, perfect for volumizing and conditioning shampoos. Suitable also for cream rinses, bath and shower products and other personal care products. Physical form: powder, 100%

ESAFLOR® ZERO-XB is a cationic bio-based derivative of guar gum, with high molecular weight and medium cationic substitution. It offers optimal conditioning properties for hair and skin care products, as well as deposition of water-insoluble actives. Ideal for everyday-use shampoos. Suitable for conditioning shampoos, cream rinses, bath and shower products and other personal care products. Manufactured sustainable Esaflor® ZERO-X Tecnology. Physical form: powder, 100%

ESAFLOR® PLUS is a highly charged cationic bio-based polymer, derived from guar gum. Ideal for thick, ethnic or damaged hair. It ensures excellent conditioning properties and high deposition of water-insoluble actives. Suitable for conditioning shampoos, cream rinses, hair treatments and conditioners, bath and shower products and other personal care products. Manufactured sustainable Esaflor® ZERO-X Tecnology. Physical form: powder, 100%

Quatrex™ S conditioning agent is a 26% solids, soybean oil-derived, liquid cationic surfactant exhibiting excellent substantivity and conditioning properties. Its anionic compatibility is ideal for formulating true conditioning shampoos. Its superior solubility properties enable many formulation possibilities in sprays, mousses, setting gels, and conditioners.

Silsense® Q-Plus Silicone is a 100% active, quaternary silicone compound that combines the conditioning benefits of traditional silicones and cationic quaternary compounds in a single molecule. SilSense Q-Plus silicone will add conditioning benefits to personal care products without the stability concerns that may be present with silicones or the irritancy that is often associated with quaternary ammonium compounds. Unlike traditional silicones, this silicone quarternary compound does not defoam and can even enhance foaming when used in hair care products. It is water-soluble, lending to enhanced ease-of-use in a wide range of shampoos, conditioners, and personal cleansers.

Merquat™ 2001 polymer is a proprietary, ampholytic terpolymer primarily used in hair care products for its superior wet hair combing and detangling properties. It is recommended for use in shampoos and conditioning rinses where excellent wet and dry conditioning properties are desired.

Merquat™ 7SPR polymer is a high molecular weight, non-paraben, low-acrylamide, cationic copolymer specifically designed for compatibility and clarity in anionic surfactant systems. It is used to improve the wet and dry properties of hair care products and enhance the sensory feel of bath and shower products.

Schercodine™ S (Flaked) amido-amine is a cationic surfactant. It is an effective conditioner in hair and skin care products. It is a flaked, solid tertiary amine. It is used in pH 3.4–4.4 formulations as a quaternary ammonium salt as a conditioner. It is used to replace quaternary cationic surfactants in rinse-off conditioners. It provides excellent wet combing and wet sensory common protonating acids are lactic, aspartic, citric, and glutamic acids.

Merquat™ 550PR polymer is a low-acrylamide, non-paraben, aqueous, cationic copolymer that enhances compatibility and clarity in anionic surfactant systems. It is highly substantive and recommended for improving the wet and dry properties of hair care products, as well as enhancing the sensory feel of skin care, bath, and shower products. It provides superior conditioning within the PQ-7 family.

Merquat™ 2003PR polymer is a proprietary, non-paraben, ampholytic terpolymer developed for use in color protection shampoos. It offers attributes such as ultimate foam stability, color retention after multiple washings, and enhanced wet combability and detangling. It is suitable for use in hair care products, shampoos, and conditioners.

Schercodine™ C amido-amine is a naturally derived, cationic surfactant. It is an effective conditioner in hair and skin care products. It is 98% active as a clear liquid tertiary amine. It is used in pH 3.4–4.4 formulations as a quaternary ammonium salt conditioner. It is used to replace quaternary cationic surfactants in rinse-off conditioners. It provides excellent wet combing and wet sensory. Common protonating acids are lactic, aspartic, citric, and glutamic acids.

ARMOCARE G116 is a light cationic conditioning polysaccharide with surfactant compatibility useful in transparent personal care products.

Arquad PC 16-50 is a mono-alkyl quaternary based on vegetable C-16 fatty acid that provides a good Balance of conditioning hair with ease of use and formulation.

ARMOCARE VGH-70 is a readily biodegradable, sustainable vegetable-derived conditioning agent that provides conditioning without build-up. Easy to process, it enables minimal energy consumption. Available in Asia only.

Arquad PC 16-29 is a mono-alkyl quaternary based on vegetable C-16 fatty acid that provides a good balance of conditioning hair with ease of use and formulation.

Ethomid HP-60 is an ethoxylated amide used in a variety of applications.

ARMOCARE G114 is a surfactant compatible, cationic conditioning polymer useful in a broad range of personal care products. This water dispersible polysaccharide is highly cationic over the entire useful pH range and is substantive to hair.

Arquad PC SV-60 PG is an easy to use liquid vegetable-derived, biodegradable cationic conditioning agent that also performs as an emulsifier. Due to its cationic nature and unique structure, it is substantive to both hair and skin. Available and approved globally.