Flexisurf™ DDO-30

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Versatile nonionic surfactant that contributes foaming, excellent solubilizing properties, cleansing, and grease cutting. Contains a highly refined amine for ease of formulating clear solutions. Coconut oil based content, non-GMO, and FIFRA inert ingredient for non-food pesticides.

INCI Name: Lauramine Oxide

Chemical Name: Dodecyldimethylamine oxide

Functions: Surfactant, Surfactant (Nonionic)

Chemical Family: Amine Oxides

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Identification & Functionality

Chemical Family
Agrochemical Functions
Cleaning Ingredients Functions
Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
CAS No.
1643-20-5
EC No.
216-700-6

Features & Benefits

Product Highlights
  • 30% active Dodecyl dimethylamine oxide in water
  • Non-GMO status
  • Coconut oil based content
  • Clear, with little to no color
  • Excellent solubility
  • Uses a highly refined amine for ease of formulating clear solutions
  • Hypochlorite and peroxide stable
  • Foam booster and grease cutter
  • Builds viscosity
  • Compatible with nonionic, anionic and cationic surfactants
  • Enhanced activity in acidic cleaners
  • Versatile surfactant for wetting, emulsification, solubilizing and emulsification in acid, neutral and alkaline formulations

Applications & Uses

Bath & Shower Applications
I&I Cleaning Applications
Personal Hygiene Applications
Skin Care Applications
Applications
  • HI&I Hard surface cleaners Concentrated Liquid, high foaming formulations (acid or alkaline)
  • Fine fabric detergents
  • Hypochlorite, peracid and peroxide based cleaners
  • Inert ingredient in non-food pesticides
  • Personal Care: shampoos, handsoaps, bath products, creams and lotions, hair conditioners
  • Textile applications: lubricant, emulsifier, wetting agent and dye dispersant, non-rewetting wetting agent
  • FIFRA-Inert Ingredient

Properties

Physical Form
Appearance
Colorless to light yellow liquid
Odor
Mildly
Soluble in
Water
Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Active Content30.0 ± 1.0%
Boiling Point100°C
Flash PointNone
Ionic CharacterNonionic
pH Value (10% Aqueous)6.5 - 8.5
Density (25°C)0.94 - 0.98g/ml

Regulatory & Compliance

Certifications & Compliance

Technical Details & Test Data

Technical Information

Flexisurf DDO-30 is a versatile nonionic surfactant that contributes foaming, cleansing and solubilizing properties formulations ranging from shampoos to oven cleaners. Effective in acidic, neutral and alkaline solutions, and stable in hypochlorite bleach and peroxide systems, multi-functional DDO-30 contributes grease-cutting detergency and foam boosting. While classified as a nonionic surfactant, the activity of Flexisurf DDO-30 is enhanced in acid-based formulations for added performance in hard-water and scale dissolving cleaners.

Exceptional foaming and detergency properties with compatibility in nonionic, anionic and cationic surfactant solutions suggest a wide range of applications such as in Personal Care
formulations, Liquid Detergents, Household and Industrial Cleaners and in Industrial applications such as Mining, Oil Field and Electroplating.

Formulary

Cost effective, DDO-30 formulates well into hard surface cleaners and high foaming liquid formulations. The product is compatible with hypochlorite, peracid, and peroxide
based formulations.

Versatile grease-cutting surfactant

Flexisurf DDO-30 is one of the most versatile and widely used surfactants today. Characterized by effective and economical performance, naturally derived with high biodegradibility and low aquatic toxicity, DDO-30 is the go-to ingredient of choice for
today’s formulators. Long recognized as a safe biodegradeable surfactant achieving primary biodegradation > 95% in 6 days: Swisher, R.D. “Surfactant Biodegradation” Vol. 18, 2nd Edition, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1987, pp. 877. ), and based on a >85%
bio-renewable carbon value, Flexisurf DDO-30 is a “Green” ingredient for environmentally responsible cleaning product formulations.

Flexisurf DDO-30 is the surfactant of choice...because it works.
Draves wetting
DDO-30 is of only a handful of the best surfactants for Draves Wetting results (just seconds in a 0.5% active/3 gram hook evaluation), and the only ingredient in that group based on renewable feedstock.


Surface tension reduction
In the broad class of alkyl surfactants, DDO-30 is within range of the best ingredients for surface tension reduction (33 dynes/ cm versus 30 dynes/cm for NPE-9).

Caustic stability

soluble in about 16% NaOH (1% active), DDO-30 has the advantage over many surfactants with higher caustic stability with stability in hypochlorite and peroxide bleaches.

Coupling

Primarily an effective foam booster, DDO-30 functions as a coupling agent/hydrotrope for compatibilizing nonionic surfactant/glycol ether containing degreasers with about the
same performance as SXS, an ingredient that detracts from foaming and detergency.

Packaging & Availability

Packaging

Flexisurf DDO-30 is available in:

  • 275 gallon totes (Net Wt. 2250 lbs)
  • 55 gallon plastic drums (Net Wt. 450 lbs)
  • 5 gallon pails (Net Wt. 40 lbs).

Storage & Handling

Shelf Life
12 months
Storage
  • Freeze/thaw stable.
  • Store at temperatures not to exceed 50°C (122°F).
  • Protect from sunlight.
  • Refer to Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for information on the safe use, handling, and disposal of this product.