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PEL-SIL™ bis-PEG-10 is a linear, 100% active, dimethicone terminated with PEG-10 polyether groups. It is dispersible in water and is used in applications where lubricity, softness and conditioning are required. It finds use in personal care, household products, textiles and leather processing. Excellent surface tension reducer, it can boost foam quantity and stability in a multitude of personal care applications. It provides additional benefits such as moisturizing, emollience and a soft silky feel on hair and skin. It may also be used as a reagent to modify polymeric systems by virtue of its two primary hydroxyls. In these systems, it provides the typical benefits of silicones that include slip, mar resistance, anti-blocking, softness and improved temperature stability to the finish polymer.

PEL-SIL™ Bis-PEG-12 is a linear, 100% active, dimethicone terminated with PEG-12 polyether groups. It is dispersible in water and is used in applications where lubricity, softness and conditioning are required. It finds use in personal care, household products, textile finishing and leather processing. Excellent surface tension reducer, it can boost foam quantity and stability in a multitude of personal care applications. It provides additional benefits such as moisturizing, emollience and a soft silky feel on hair and skin. It may also be used as a reagent to modify polymeric systems by virtue of its two primary hydroxyls. In these systems, it provides the typical benefits of silicones that include slip, mar resistance, anti-blocking, softness and improved temperature stability to the finish polymer.

PEL-RIG™ 1360 phosphate polyol halogen free fire retardant is a phosphoric acid propylene oxide reaction product. PEL-RIG™ 1360 is used in polyisocyanurate (PIR) and other rigid and semi-rigid foams as a replacement for tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) and other halogenated fire retardants. PEL-RIG™ 1360 is a trifunctional crosslinker in polyurethane foam.

PEL-SIL™ CL310 is a hydrophobic organo-modified silicone-based additive consisting of a siloxane backbone and polypropylene oxide (PO) side chains. PEL-SIL™ CL310 minimizes foam stability and is an excellent defoamer for waterborne industrial or decorative coatings. PEL-SIL™ CL310 is compatible with solvent-borne coatings and inks. It provides good low and leveling performance, mar resistance, anti-blocking and releasing properties.

PEL-AMPH™ ASC is an very low foam surfactant that is stable in both alkaline and acid product media. Versatile and low in viscosity, PEL-AMPH™ ASC is effective at lowering the surface tension of highly alkaline systems and has a high solubility in caustic soda. The low, fast breaking foam of PEL-AMPH™ ASC makes it ideal for hard surface cleaners, steam cleaners and bottle washing where foaming products are difficult to rinse.

PEL-PHOS™ CE250 is a phosphate ester of ethoxylated isotridecyl alcohol. It is useful as an emulsifier for emulsion polymerization. It can also be used as co-dispersant and stabilizer for water-based coatings and paints.

PEL-SIL™ SMDC is an organosilicone wax consisting of a short dimethicone chain with pendant stearoxy groups. Physically, it is a soft white wax which melts slightly below body temperature. PEL-SIL™ SMDC performs as an emollient, a slip aid, and contributes to hydrophobicity in skin care and makeup formulations. It is recommended for evaluation in antiperspirant sticks, lipstick and other makeup products as well as creams and lotions.

PEL-FIX™ 123 affords solvent fixation of water soluble and cationic dyes suitable for semi-permanent and temporary hair colors. It allows for the uniform deposition of colors on the surface of each strand of hair, even damaged hair. PEL-FIX™ 123 is a blend of benzyl alcohol, propylene glycol and quaternium-80, a quaternary functional polydimethylsiloxane.

PEL-HIB CC220 corrosion inhibitor is an amine borate ester suitable for use with aluminum and steel substrates. Originally introduced as an alternative to nitrites, it affords the same level of protection to ferrous materials. It provides excellent rust inhibition and aids lubrication. PEL-HIB CC220 is very water soluble. In addition to its applications in metalworking fluids and coolants, cooling water and boiler operations, oil well and refinery operations, fuels, lubricants and greases, PEL-HIB CC220 also find its uses in inorganic coatings, organic coatings, and printing inks.

PEL-SIL™ AMOD is an amino-functional dimethicone fluid consisting of a dimethicone chain with pendant propyldiamine groups. Physically, it is a clear to slightly hazy liquid. When emulsified and formulated into conditioners or shampoos, PEL-SIL™ AMOD provides excellent conditioning, improves wet and dry combing and gives a soft feel to hair. It also enhances color retention.

PEL-AMPH™ 2CSF is one of the mildest amphoteric surfactants of its class and is suggested for personal care applications where low irritation is a must. In personal care formulations such as baby shampoos, bubble baths, and body cleansers, PEL-AMPH 2C provides a moderate lather and cleans without defatting the skin to give a rich, conditioning effect. PEL-AMPH 2C is stable over a wide pH range which makes it ideal for formulating AHA cleansers, etc. It is useful for the formulation of products used around food preparation areas and hospital hand cleansers. PEL-AMPH 2C is frequently used as the only surfactant in products such as premoistened wipes.

PEL-SIL™ Q-80 is a quaternary organosilicone that is substantive to hair and skin. In hair care formulations, it acts as a conditioning and anti-static agent, improving the combability, gloss, and manageability of hair. In skin care products, PEL-SIL™ Q-80 performs as an emollient, a slip aid, and imparts a smooth feel. It is recommended for evaluation in shampoos, conditioners, lotions, and liquid soaps.

PEL-DET 1075 Is a low-foaming carboxylate with hydrotrope properties. It is a highly efficient agent for coupling nonionic surfactants into alkaline, built hard surface cleaners. It is useful for cleaning formulations intended for metal & glass washing. PEL-DET 1075 is stable in hypochlorite solutions and will not cause hypochlorite to degrade more quickly. When incorporated into metal cutting formulations, PEL-DET 1075 provides a degree of corrosion inhibition.

PEL-CAT™ CA100 is an efficient tertiary amine accelerator and curing agent for epoxy resin systems. It is a technical preparation of Tris-(Dimethylaminomethyl) Phenol, a Mannich base. This product functions as a Lewis base containing unshared electrons that facilitate the opening of the oxirane ring of epoxides. This compound shows marked acceleration because of the presence of the phenolic hydroxyl group. It is an activator for curing agents such as polyamides, amidoamines and amine adducts. PEL-CAT CA100 finds use in many applications including adhesives, casting and flooring. The low volatility of this product minimizes odors.

PEL-CAT™ 9858-A is an amine based trimerization catalyst. It is a moderately active polyisocyanurate catalyst that provides excellent back-end cure for rigid polyurethane foams. It can be used as a co-catalyst to improve trimer conversion or back-end cure in rigid polyisocyanurate foams. PEL-CAT 9858-A improves back-end cure in a variety of flexible polyurethane foam formulations too.

PEL-ALC™ CA-205P is both a nonionic emulsifier and an emollient useful for the formulation of lotions and creams. It also serves as a humectant, dispersant and fragrance solubilizer. PEL-ALC™ CA-205P is useful for the formulation of bath oils, shampoos, clear gels and other hydroalcoholic systems. By virtue of its higher molecular weight, this product is quite mild to the skin. PEL-ALC™ CA-205P is recommended as a solubilizer for bath oils and fragrances. It may also be used as a superfatting agent, conditioner and solubilizer for fragrances in shampoos and conditioners. In hair sprays, it will plasticize the resins used and add lubricity, providing better combability. PEL-ALC™ CA-205P has an HLB of 16 and it provides good wetting from aqueous solution. As such, it is useful for the suspension of actives used in antiperspirant sticks. PEL-ALC™ CA-205P can also be usedin soap bars to prevent cracking. The typical use level is 2% and it should be incorporated before milling as a mixture with the fragrance at the mixer stage.

PEL-SIL™ CL350 is a polysiloxane with EO/PO polyether side chains. It can be used as a low foaming flow and leveling agent and wetting agent in waterborne and solvent borne coatings and inks. PEL-SIL™ CL350 is also reactive in 2K polyurethane systems as a resin and surface modifier. Other uses for PEL-SIL™ CL350 include surface tension reduction in silicone emulsions and improvement of drainage in pulp brown stock washing.

PEL-SIL™ PEG-8L has a wide range of applications in personal care products including, hair sprays and other leave-in hair products, shampoos, skin care lotions & shaving creams. It is stable in neutral or mildly acid or alkaline aqueous solutions but stability is reduced by strong acid or alkali. It performs as a wetting agent, emulsifier and a foam builder. PEL-SIL™ PEG-8L is used as a plasticizer for hair resins used in styling products. It also detackifies ingredients used in some formulations while providing emolliency and slip to carbomer-based formulations. Additionally, it imparts a soft silky feel to the hair.

PEL-AMPH™ HPL-28 is a modern imidazoline derived amphoteric surfactant that is suggested for personal care applications where mildness and luxurious lather are desired. Based on a pure lauric source, PEL-AMPH™ HPL-28 contains minimal amounts of by-products and is compatible with most other surfactants. In personal wash formulations such as body washes and shampoos, PEL-AMPH™ HPL-28 provides a dense lather and cleans without defatting the skin to give a rich, conditioning effect.

PEL-AMPH™ ODP is a 50% active aqueous solution of a low molecular weight amphoteric surfactant. It acts as an effective hydrotrope to couple nonionic surfactants into systems containing high levels of electrolyte. PEL-AMPH™ ODP is a low foamer that provides good detergency in systems that require high cloud points. It is stable in both highly acid and alkaline systems offering utility in acid cleaners and heavily built detergents.

PEL-SIL™ 648 reduces the surface tension of aqueous solutions significantly lower than conventional nonionic surfactants can. Even at concentrations as low as 0.01 percent, PEL-SIL™ 648 will reduce surface tension below 23 dynes/cm. It produces very rapid wetting and spreading on hard-to-wet surfaces such as waxy leaves. PEL-SIL™ 648 allows complete coverage with herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and other agricultural chemicals. It is a low molecular weight nonionic silicone polyether surfactant, developed to improve the wetting, spreading and penetration of agricultural chemicals. It may be used as an ingredient in pesticide products, or as a tank-mix adjuvant for foliar applied chemicals. PEL-SIL™ 648 meets the requirements of US EPA regulation 40 CFR 180.910 regarding “tolerances and exemption from tolerances for pesticide chemicals in or on raw agricultural commodities.” It is approved for both food and nonfood use.

PEL-EST™ OVG is a 100% natural derived emollient ester, obtained from organic extra virgin olive oil. It is useful as a co-emulsifier, wetting agent, emollient and conditioning agent for hair and skin. PEL-EST™ OVG is very mild and is excellent for refatting the skin. It is free of PEG, EO, PO, and dioxane.

PEL-CAT™ 9648 is Effective trimerization catalysts for rigid and semi-flex foams; high rate of trimer formation improves flammability properties and compressive strength. PEL-CAT 9648 has a high level of potassium in ethylene glycol solvent and is the most water compatible.

PEL-PHOS™ 583 a water soluble phosphate ester that exhibits both hydrotrope and detergent properties. It is an ideal ingredient for coupling nonionics into moderately built, alkaline detergent systems. It finds particular use for metal cleaning. It is compatible with the typical builders used including pyrophosphates, silicates, carbonates, etc.

PEL-SIL™ CL330 is a silicone-based additive consisting of a siloxane backbone and polyethylene-oxide (EO) side chains. It is stable in neutral or mildly acid or alkaline aqueous solutions. The EO component gives PEL-SIL™ CL330 coatings additive its compatibility with water-borne systems. PEL-SIL™ CL330 has excellent wetting and recoatability. It can be used at low dosage levels. PEL-SIL™ CL330 can be recommended for use as a leveling and wetting agent in water-borne paints and coatings in automotive, transportation, construction and aerospace industries. It can also be used in solvent-based and high solid/UV curable coatings as leveling agent. For polyurethane foam coatings, PEL-SIL™ CL330 acts a surfactant and foam cell stabilizer. It is not compatible on the isocyanate side and must be added with the polyol. It exhibits excellent compatibility with most polyol premixes.

PEL-SIL™ PEG-12 has a wide range of applications in personal care products including, hair sprays and other leave-in hair products, shampoos, skin care lotions & shaving soaps. It is stable in neutral or mildly acid or alkaline aqueous solutions. Its stability is reduced by strong acid or alkali. PEL-SIL™ PEG-12 is used as a plasticizer for hair resins used in styling products. It forms dense stable foam in aqueous products and it is an effective wetting agent and emulsifier. Additionally, it imparts a soft silky feel to the hair and functions as a humectant and emollient in skin products.

PEL-STAT CS410 is a very efficient internal antistatic agent for engineering thermoplastics. It is thermally stable to at least 260° C and provides Mil Spec performance at low concentrations. Most thermoplastics used in the electronics industry are non-conductive and subject to static charge buildup during manufacturing and use. Small electrical discharges, as low as 50 volts, can damage electronic components, so it is desirable to make these thermoplastics antistatic through use of conductive fillers or chemical additives. Typical fillers such as carbon black, metallic particles and oxides are effective but they require high loadings of about 25%, they degrade the physical properties of the resin and they are expensive to use. Chemical antistatic additives have been used successfully in polyolefins and are cost effective. In engineering thermoplastics, compounding and molding temperatures are too high for these additives to be used without thermal degradation. They typically degrade between 100 – 150° C. PEL-STAT CS410 performs in high temperature applications significantly greater than 150° C. It has much higher thermal stability than standard antistatic agents and can provide long term, internal static protection. PEL-STAT CS410 can be incorporated into HIPS, Noryl, and Nylon 6 with minimal color change. The typical use level is 5% by weight.

PEL-SIL™ Q-80-S is a quaternary organosilicone that is substantive to hair and skin. In hair care formulations, it acts as a conditioning and anti-static agent, improving the combability, gloss, and manageability of hair. In skin care products, PEL-SIL™ Q-80-S performs as an emollient, a slip aid, and imparts a smooth feel. It is recommended for evaluation in shampoos, conditioners, lotions, and liquid soaps. PEL-SIL™ Q-80-S is provided as a 50% active solution in renewably-sourced, sustainable Propanediol.

PEL-SIL™ CL340 is a nonreactive, acetate capped, silicone glycol copolymer surfactant supplied at 100 percent active concentration. It provides slip, gloss enhancement, pigment treatment and leveling for ink and coatings applications. Additionally, it provides mar resistance for coatings applications such as glossy printed materials. PEL-SIL™ CL340 is compatible with acrylic, epoxy, nitrocellulose, phenolic, polyester & polyurethane systems. With a low order of toxicity, this product acts as an anti-stick agent in printing ink applications. It is particularly useful for facilitating the slip of magazine covers over one another during printing and distribution. It is also used as a solubility aid to compatibilize blowing agents with isocyanates in the production of polyurethane foams. PEL-SIL™ CL340 is stable in neutral or mildly acidic or alkaline aqueous solutions. It Imparts anti-blocking and improves mar resistance of PU coatings. PEL-SIL™ CL340 is an effective leveling agent for synthetic leather top coatings.

PEL-SIL™ CL400 is a linear, 100% active, PEG-10 siloxane polyether. It is a slip control agent for both waterborne, solvent borne UV/EB coatings and inks. PEL-SIL™ CL400 is also a flow and leveling agent and defoamer. It may also be incorporated into polymer systems through its two primary hydroxyls in polyurethane systems.

PEL-AMPH™ LDP is suggested for systems where sodium chloride would be detrimental to the performance of the final product or would cause corrosion problems. PEL-AMPH™ LDP is stable over the entire pH range and is used as a detergent & hydrotrope in high electrolyte systems. The product finds use in mild surfactant systems as well as hard surface cleaners. PEL-AMPH™ LDP helps wetting and solubilization in systems containing phosphate and polyphosphates. PEL-AMPH™ LDP useful as a corrosion inhibitor in aqueous systems. PEL-AMPH™ LDP is a high-foaming, salt-free amphoteric surfactant with good detergency.

PEL-PHOS™ LP-300 Is a low-foaming aromatic phosphate ester with hydrotrope properties. It is a highly efficient agent for coupling nonionic surfactants into built hard surface cleaners. It is useful for cleaning formulations intended for metal & bottle-washing. When incorporated into metal cutting formulations, PEL-PHOS™ LP-300 provides extreme pressure lubricity due to its phosphate functionality.

PEL-AMPH™ 2CSF is a mild amphoteric surfactant with applications in both personal care and industrial cleaners. Due to its excellent coupling properties in personal care products, it is used to couple conditioning agents in shampoos. Its ability to couple nonionic surfactants into high levels of electrolyte makes PEL-AMPH™ 2CSF very useful for built industrial cleaners. It is suggested for systems where sodium chloride would be detrimental to the performance of the final product or would cause corrosion problems. PEL-AMPH™ 2CSF is stable over a broad pH range and is the surfactant of choice in high electrolyte systems.

PEL-AMID™ L-DIPA is a useful replacement for Cocamide & Lauramide DEA in personal care applications. This product is not diethanolamine derived but it performs similarly to traditional diethanolamides. It is a good viscosifier & foam booster that is an easy to handle liquid at room temperature. PEL-AMID™ L-DIPA can be used in any application where the traditional coco or lauryl diethanolamides have been used. PEL-AMID™ L-DIPA is effective in a wide variety of personal care products, including shampoos, body cleansers, bubble baths & facial cleansers.

PEL-SIL™ CL290 is a organo-modified silicone-based additive consisting of a siloxane backbone and polyethylene-oxide (EO) and polypropylene oxide (PO) side chains. PEL-SIL™ CE 390 has recoatability and low tendency to foam. It is good compatibility with many resin systems. PEL-SIL™ CL290 is an excellent silicone-based additive for improving slip and mar resistance and reducing friction coefficient for solvent-borne, water-borne, and UV/EB cured coating systems. It can be used for coatings in industrial and auto, wood, and overprint vanishes and inks.

PEL-SIL™ CL360 is a organo-modified silicone-based additive consisting of a siloxane backbone and polyethylene-oxide (EO) and polypropylene oxide (PO) side chains. It has pendant molecular structure. PEL-SIL™ CL360 is an excellent flow and leveling agent for solvent-based coatings and inks. It can also be used as defoamer or anti-foaming agent for waterborne coatings systems. It can be used at low dosage levels. For polyurethane foam coatings, PEL-SIL™ CL360 acts a surfactant and foam cell stabilizer. It is not compatible on the isocyanate side and must be added with the polyol. It exhibits excellent compatibility with most polyol premixes.