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Gransil™ GCM-5

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Gransil™ GCM-5 is a dynamic solution for formulations across skincare, color cosmetics, sun care, and hair care. This versatile product serves as an anti-tack agent, carrier, flattener, and sebum regulator, enhancing the texture and performance of your creations. Crafted as a volatile, low-viscosity elastomer dispersion in cyclopentasiloxane, Gransil GCM-5 ensures a non-tacky, non-oily, smooth feel. Its stability as a delivery vehicle for active materials and its capacity for sebum absorption and control make it a valuable asset.

INCI Name: Cyclopentasiloxane, Polysilicone-11

Functions: Anti-Tack Agent, Carrier, Matting Agent, Sebum Regulator

Labeling Claims: Clean at Sephora, Plant-Based, Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty

Benefit Claims: Aesthethic Enhancement, Formulation Performance, Longer Playtime, Mattifying Effect, Non-Oily Feel, Non-Tacky, Oil Control, Outstanding Skin feel, Powdery Feel, Sebum Absorption, Sebum Control, Smooth Feel, Smooth Texture

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Identification & Functionality

CAS No.
63394-02-5
EC No.
613-211-3

Features & Benefits

Elastomer Gel Key Benefits
  • Volatile elastomer dispersion in Cyclopentasiloxane (D5)
  • Provides enhanced esthetics to formulations
  • Delivers excellent non-tacky, non-oily, smooth characteristics
  • Stable delivery vehicle for active materials
  • Elastomer network offers sebum absorption and control
  • Transformation into matte appearance with powdery after feel
  • Various carriers provide different skin feel, playtime, and formula performance

Applications & Uses

Application Format
Sun Care Applications
Treatment Product Applications
Formulation Guidelines
  • Can be formulated into oil-in-water emulsions, water-in-oil emulsions and anhydrous systems 
  • Dispersible in a variety of oils
  • Add to the oil phase of all emulsion types

Properties

Physical Form
Appearance
Translucent gel
Physical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Non-Volatile Matter (105°C, 1.5g, 3hrs, Gravity Oven)4.50 – 8.50wt%
Viscosity at Amorphous State (at 25°C Brookfield DV-I+, Spindle TE, 0.3rpm, 1.0min,measured right after mixing)58,000 – 85,000cPs

Packaging & Availability

Packaging Type
Packaging Information

18kg pail and 190kg drum

Storage & Handling

Shelf Life
3 years