ALPHA-STEP® PC-48

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ALPHA-STEP® PC-48 is an anionic surfactant derived from oleochemicals and is extensively utilized in household, industrial, and personal care applications. It meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and clean ingredients listing. Its functions include serving as a foam booster, and it boasts attributes like being bio-based, kosher (certified), naturally derived, plant-derived, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo po-free.

INCI Name: Disodium 2-Sulfolaurate, Sodium Methyl 2-Sulfolaurate

Functions: Foam Booster, Foaming Agent, Surfactant, Surfactant (Anionic)

Certifications & Compliance: ISO 16128, Kosher, Safer Choice

Knowde Enhanced TDS

Identification & Functionality

Cleaning Ingredients Functions
Chemical Structure

ALPHA-STEP® PC-48 - Chemical Structure

Features & Benefits

Industrial Additives Features
Product Features & Benefits
  • Preservative Free
  • Mild
  • Naturally derived
  • High Foam
  • Promotes more fluid detergents
  • Viscosity control
  • Meets Whole Foods Market® Premium Body Care Standards
  • Rinses cleanly and easily
  • Soft skin after-feel
  • 94% Bio-based
  • CleanGredients® listed
  • Economical performance
  • Hydrotropic properties
Biodegradability

Product is readily biodegradable.

Applications & Uses

Application Format
Bath & Shower Applications
Hair Care Applications
Personal Hygiene Applications
Skin Care Applications
Applications

ALPHA-STEP PC-48 is an anionic surfactant derived from oleochemicals and its hydrophobic chain distribution, which ranges from C12 to C18, allows for excellent detergency, foaming and mildness properties in a wide variety of household, industrial and personal care applications. ALPHA-STEP PC-48 is appropriate when formulating high foaming, high active personal care products such as body wash. It has a very low viscosity response and is very good at clarifying formulas with high levels of electrolytes. This versatile surfactant also functions well in hard water, having favorable hard water tolerance and lime soap dispersing ability. ALPHA-STEP PC-48 is a readily soluble liquid that can be easily formulated between a pH of 4 to 9. Applications include household and industrial liquid laundry, hand dishwash, hard surface cleaners, hand soaps, specialty foam applications, body washes and facial cleansers.

Product Uses
  • Multifunctional use in detergents, hand dish wash and personal care products
  • Great for counter top cleaners

Properties

Physical Form
Appearance
Clear amber liquid (at 25°C)
Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Colormax. 3Gardener Scale
Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC)233mg/L
Solids Content43wt%
Density1.06g/ml
Flash Pointmin. 94°CPMCC Flash Point Tester
Freeze Point-8°C
Cloud Point (Quick Cool)5°C
pH (10% in aqueous solution)6
Pour Point-5°C
Viscosity (at 25°C)300cPs
Regulated Volatile Organic Chemicals0%U.S. EPA
Draves Wetting (at 25°C)17sec
Interfacial Tension7.6nM/M
Specific Gravity (at 25°C)1.06
Surface Tension24.8mN/m
Composition
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Total Actives38.5%

Regulatory & Compliance

Certifications & Compliance

Technical Details & Test Data

Surface Active Properties

Drave's Wetting (0.1% actives at 25°C)

ALPHA-STEP® PC-48 - Surface Active Properties

Ross-Mile's Foaming (0.1% activ es at 25°C)

ALPHA-STEP® PC-48 - Surface Active Properties - 1

Comparative Irritation Data
Product

Number of Days to Produce Irritation (Score of 1)

Negative Control (Dry Patch) 13.5
ALPHA-STEP PC48 5.2
Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (3 mole) 5.07 - Least Irritating
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate 4.27
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate 2.7 - Most Irritation

Safety & Health

Health Effects

ALPHA-STEP PC-48 is expected to have a low oral toxicity (LD₅₀ > 2000 in rats). In-vitro irritation testing show the product to be non-irritating when tested as a neat material (100%). A repeated application soap chamber test shows ALPHA-STEP PC-48 to be a mild material when tested as 1% active.

Packaging & Availability

Standard Packaging
  • This product is available in drums, totes and bulk quantities.

Storage & Handling

Storage & Handling

Normal safety precautions (i.e., gloves and safety goggles) should be employed when handling ALPHA-STEP PC-48. Contact with the eyes and prolonged contact with the skin should be avoided. It is recommended that ALPHA-STEP PC-48 be stored in sealed containers. Store and handle in equipment normally used for detergents. Recommended storage temperature is 60-100°F (15-38 °C). Material of construction of storage tank should be 316 stainless steel (or fiberglass with DION 382 liner). Transfer pumps should be Viking stainless steel (or other similar gear pump) with internal pressure relief capabilities. The tank and pump should be grounded. If frozen, mild heat and agitation are recommended to ensure material is homogenous before use. Keep product between pH of 4 and 9 or hydrolysis will occur.

Workplace Exposure

Occupational exposure can occur primarily through skin contact or via inhalation of vapors and mists. Engineering controls, personal protective equipment, and other workplace practices should be used to control these exposures.