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Gransil™ RG-12

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Gransil™ RG-12 is a versatile ingredient with multiple functions. Acting as an absorbent, sebum absorber, anti-tack agent, carrier, flattener, and sebum regulator, it offers a range of benefits. These benefits include sebum absorption, non-tacky texture, powdery feel, sebum control, smooth sensation, non-oily touch, and esthetic enhancement. Gransil RG-12 finds utility in personal care applications such as color cosmetics, hair care, skincare, and sun care products.

INCI Name: Isododecane, Polysilicone-11

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

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

Benefit Claims: Aesthethic Enhancement, Non-Oily Feel, Non-Tacky, Powdery Feel, Sebum Absorption, Sebum Control, Sensory Enhancement, Smooth Feel

Knowde Enhanced TDS

Identification & Functionality

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

Features & Benefits

Performance Highlights
  • Volatile elastomer dispersion in Isododecane
  • 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

Applications & Uses

Color Cosmetic Applications
Sun Care Applications
Formulation Guidelines
  • Can be formulated into oil-in-water emulsions, water-in-oil emulsions and anhydrous systems
  • Applications include (but are not limited to) skincare, color cosmetic, sun care and hair care formulations
  • Particularly useful in formulations where a lighter, dryer feel is desired
  • Primers, foundations, anhydrous formulations
  • 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
Cyclotetrasiloxane (D4) Contentmax. 1000ppm
Non-Volatile Matter (105°C, 1.5g, 3hrs, Gravity Oven)13.00 - 17.00wt%AP-38 Grant Industries, Inc.
Viscosity at Amorphous State (at 25°C Brookfield DV-I+, Spindle TE, 0.3rpm, 1.0min measured right after mixing)500,000 - 900,000cPs
Cyclopentasiloxane (D5) Contentmax. 1000ppm
Cyclohexasiloxane (D6) Contentmax. 1000ppm