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Stepan Company, manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemical products, partners with customers to create innovative solutions for a cleaner, healthier, more energy efficient world. Collaborations with customers bring high-quality products that drive growth in consumer and functional markets such as construction, oilfield, agriculture and paints and coatings. Stepan has been a mainstay in the industry since 1932, committed to developing sustainable practices and products that reflect the company’s core values of responsibility, integrity and innovation.

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BIO-SOFT® is a nonionic surfactant blend that is an excellent cleaner, degreaser, and detergent. It can be formulated into concentrates and ready-to-use products for household, industrial, and institutional applications. 

BIO-SOFT

POLYSTEP

STEPANTEX® is a cationic surfactant providing excellent softening, cold water dispersability and good rewetting properties. It is used in household and industrial fabric softeners. 

STEPANTEX

STEPFAC

AMMONYX® is an amphoteric surfactant finding application in personal care, HI&I applications as foam enhancers, viscosity builders and as emulsifiers and lubricants in textile applications. 

AMMONYX

Our butyl-based TOXIMUL® series are multifunctional polymeric surfactants that are excellent emulsifiers in oil-based systems and come in a range of high ethylene oxide (EO) content. Our product line of low pour point materials has been developed with a range of hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) values, EO content and water solubility to enable formulators to find solutions for even the most challenging formulations.


TOXIMUL

STEPAN-MILD® is an mild surfactant blend with good foam quality and viscosity building. It is used for baby products, shampoos, bubble baths, liquid hand soaps, shower gels and bath products.

STEPAN-MILD

STEPOSOL

STEPANPOL® polyester polyols are designed for use in a wide variety of polyurethane and polyisocyanurate applications. We offer a full range of polyols, including those for C.A.S.E. (Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, Elastomers), Flexible Foam, and Rigid Foam applications.

STEPANOL

STEPANATE® SCS-40 is a versatile solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant that is applicable in heavy-duty cleaners, wax strippers, dishwashing detergents, and the oil field and metalworking sectors. Holding kosher certification, it serves the home care, industrial products, and institutional and industrial cleaning markets.

STEPANATE® SCS-40

STEPOSOL® MET-10U is a unique unsaturated di-substituted amide crafted from renewable sources through nobel prize-winning metathesis technology. With attributes like rapid soil-penetrating kinetics, excellent solvency, heat and hydrolytic stability, and low voc content, it finds its place in various applications, including agriculture and coatings.

STEPOSOL® MET-10U

STEPANTEX® VL 90 A stands as a diester fabric softener quaternary, delivering excellent softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties. This cationic surfactant paste is applicable in household and industrial cleaners and finds a diverse range of applications, including metal cleaning and polishing compounds, cutting oils, textile auxiliaries, leather conditioners, water repellents, shoe polishes, emulsifiers, paper treatment, and clays.

STEPANTEX® VL 90 A

AMMONYX® LO is a lauramine oxide that finds applications in personal care, hi&amp;i applications as foam enhancers, viscosity builders, and as emulsifiers and lubricants in textile applications. It offers long-lasting foam. This product meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

AMMONYX® LO

STEPANTEX® VT-90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary, providing excellent softening, cold water dispersibility, and good rewetting properties. This cationic surfactant paste can be used to produce up to 25% solid dispersions in household and industrial fabric softeners. The product is biobased.

STEPANTEX® VT-90

STEPOSOL® CITRI-MET presents a solution composed of steposol® met-10u, citrus terpenes, and emulsifiers, surpassing petroleum-based solvents in cleaning and solvency with minimal voc content and a bio-based source. It's applicable to various cleaner types, from home-market multi-surface cleaners to industrial cleaners.

STEPOSOL® CITRI-MET

STEPANTEX® DC 90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary that offers commendable softening, antistatic, and rewetting properties. As a liquid cationic surfactant, it is particularly well-suited for creating formulations of fabric softeners intended for both household and industrial use. It falls within the chemical group of dialkyl quaternary esters and functions as a textile antistatic agent. Notably, this product is kosher-certified, can be cold-mixed, and does not necessitate heating during the formulation process.

STEPANTEX® DC 90

NACCONOL® 90G is a high-active sodium salt of linear alkylbenzene sulfonic acid, renowned for its high foaming, fast wetting, and emulsification attributes. It finds use in cleaning formulations where foam is desirable and is versatile enough to be used in high-active, powder formulations, as well as construction products like concrete admixtures, firefighting foams, and dust control additives.

NACCONOL® 90G

ONYXIDE® 3300 is a registered biocide with a unique saccharinate counterion, distinguishing it from conventional n-alkyl dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride (adbac). While it has limited water solubility (&lt;0.01%), larger quantities can be solubilized by adding other surfactants or certain solvents (alcohols, glycols, or glycol ethers). It offers an alternative to traditional biocides with chloride counterions, thereby mitigating the severe metal corrosivity linked to them.

ONYXIDE® 3300

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STEP-FLOW® 5000 conforms to reach compliance and stands as a polymeric dispersant. Its core function is to serve as a crystal growth inhibitor within flowable concentrates (fs) and suspension concentrates (sc). It excels in hard water tolerance, especially in agricultural applications.

STEP-FLOW® 5000

STEP-FLOW® 4000 is a dispersant comprised of a polymethyl methacrylate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer. Offered as a 30–35% active solution in water, it serves as a water-soluble comb polymer specifically tailored for use in suspension emulsions and suspension concentrates. Its primary role involves aiding in the dispersion of solid particles in aqueous systems.

STEP-FLOW® 4000

STEP-FLOW® 3000 is a dispersant comprised of a polymethyl methacrylate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer. It's aqueous-based and water-soluble, finding application in the agricultural solutions market. STEP-FLOW® 3000 serves various purposes in water-based formulations, contributing to the efficacy of the end product.

STEP-FLOW® 3000

STEP-FLOW® 26 is a nonionic surfactant that can be used as a dispersant in a wide variety of agricultural applications. Step-flow 26 is a polyalkylene oxide block copolymer. Step-flow 26 provides primary dispersing and wetting properties in pesticide flowable suspensions. This nonionic dispersant increases the fluidity of flowable suspension concentrates. The hydrophilic properties of the surfactant promote the uniform dispersion of the concentrate when diluted in a broad spectrum of waters and fertilizers.

STEP-FLOW® 26

STEP-FLOW® 1500 is a nonionic surfactant that can be used as an emulsifier or dispersant in a variety of agricultural formulations. Step-flow 1500 is an ethoxylated, propoxylated polyarylphenol ether, block copolymer. Step-flow 1500 can be used as a nonionic emulsifier or dispersant in a variety of agricultural formulations, including suspension concentrates, emulsifiable concentrates, and microemulsions. Step-flow 1500 provides a low pour point for ease of handling.

STEP-FLOW® 1500

STEP-FLOW® 26 F is a nonionic surfactant providing dispersing and wetting properties in a variety of agricultural formulations. Step-flow 26f is a polyalkylene oxide block copolymer. Step-flow 26f provides primary dispersing and wetting properties in pesticide flowable suspensions. This nonionic dispersant increases the fluidity of flowable suspension concentrates. The hydrophilic properties of the surfactant promote the uniform dispersion of the concentrate when diluted in a broad spectrum of waters and fertilizers.

STEP-FLOW® 26 F

STEP-FLOW® T6 is an innovative polymeric dispersant that demonstrates remarkable effectiveness in suspension concentrates (SC) and flowable concentrates (FS) for agricultural applications. It possesses a unique capability as a crystal growth inhibitor, enhancing the dust and flow properties of treated seeds.

STEP-FLOW® T6

STEP-FLOW® 6000 is a reach-compliant, patented crystal growth inhibitor that facilitates higher concentrations of suspension concentrates (sc), thereby reducing water usage and packaging. It's also suitable for flowable concentrate (fs) applications. Its classification falls under surfactants, with its primary function being a dispersant. It holds significance within agricultural solutions.

STEP-FLOW® 6000

STEP-FLOW® 4894-SC is a versatile surfactant serving as a nonionic emulsifier, dispersant, and wetting agent across various agricultural formulations, including suspension concentrates, emulsifiable concentrates, and suspoemulsions. It aids in the effective emulsification, dispersion, and wetting of active ingredients, enhancing the overall performance of agricultural formulations.

STEP-FLOW® 4894-SC

STEP-FLOW® 5000 conforms to reach compliance and stands as a polymeric dispersant. Its core function is to serve as a crystal growth inhibitor within flowable concentrates (fs) and suspension concentr

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	Value	Units	Test Method / Conditions
Actives Content	32	%	—
Density (at 20°C)	1.14	g/ml	—
Flash Point	min. 100	°C	—
pH (in 5% aqueous)	7.5	—	—
Specific Gravity (at 20°C)	1.14	—	—
Viscosity (at 20°C)	450	cPs	—

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