Products in Laundry & Fabric Care: Hydrotrope

STEPANATE® SCS-40-E is a product that serves as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant in heavy-duty cleaners, wax strippers, dishwashing detergents, and applications within the oil field and metalworking sectors. It is kosher-certified and serves markets including home care, industrial products, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

STEPANATE® SPCS 40 is an anionic surfactant specifically designed for use in liquid detergents, heavy-duty cleaning agents, wax stripping formulations, and dishwashing detergents. It functions as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. Belonging to the chemical group of hydrotropic sulfonates, this product is kosher-certified.

STEPANATE® SCS takes on multiple roles as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. It's used in various applications, including heavy-duty cleaners, wax strippers, dishwashing detergents, and metalworking. Its chemical group belongs to hydrotropic sulfonates, and it holds kosher certification.

STEPANATE® SXS-30 is an anionic surfactant that serves in various capacities, including liquid detergent, heavy-duty cleaning, wax stripping, dishwashing detergent formulations, and textile applications. Its roles encompass functioning as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. The product has been certified as kosher.

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® SXS is an anionic surfactant that functions as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. Its applications span liquid detergents, heavy-duty cleaning products, wax stripping formulations, dishwashing detergents, and textile applications. It adheres to the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

STEPANATE® AXS is an anionic surfactant providing hydrotropic/solubilizing and coupling properties. It is used in light-duty cleaners, heavy-duty cleaners, wax strippers, and dishwashing detergents. STEPANATE® AXS can also be used in agricultural and industrial textile applications. The product is kosher-certified.

ALPHA-STEP® MC-48 is an anionic surfactant derived from oleochemicals, serving as a hydrotrope for solubilizing highly active systems. It exhibits favorable performance in hard water conditions, showcasing tolerance and lime soap dispersing ability. It is a readily soluble liquid with a ph range of 4 to 9, finding applications in household and industrial products.

STEPANATE® SXS-E is an anionic surfactant employed in liquid detergents, heavy-duty cleaning products, wax stripping formulations, and dishwashing detergents. It acts as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant. This product belongs to the chemical group of hydrotropic sulfonates, serving roles as an emulsifier, adjuvant, and hydrotrope. It's important to note that this product is also kosher-certified.

Texapon® 842 UP is a highly effective hydrotrope, available as a 40% liquid. It is up to 8 times more efficient than SXS in some systems and has moderate foam that dissipates quickly. It is listed on the Safer Choice list.

Lankropol 4500 is a Sodium di-(2-EH) sulfosuccinate in ethanol/water.

Berol Nexxt is a high-performance non-quat hydrotrope with cosurfactant properties that enhance cleaning and improve the stability of formulated products in hard surface and laundry applications. It is a clear liquid that is soluble in ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, and water.

Alcosperse 747 is a patented hydrophobically modified copolymer designed for use in detergent and cleaning formulations. It can be used as a pigment dispersant in acrylic emulsion-based paint formulations to deliver efficient, reliable color production. It is especially effective for dispersing water-resistant pigments, clays and carbon black. It is an excellent choice for acrylic emulsion-based paint formulations. Alcosperse 747 Benefits Excellent pigment dispersion Outstanding color acceptance Good hydrophobic properties Watermark-resistant performance Long shelf life Alcosperse 747 Features VOC-free Low molecular weight Easy to handle and incorporate into formulations Good storage stability

Witconate NAS 88 sodium octane sulfonate is a low foaming hydrotrope, efficient degreaser and wetting agent for many applications. It is direct release, bleach stable and DFE approved. Listed on CleanGredients and Safer Choice.

Petro S Powder is a table in high and low pH, coupling/dispersing agents.

Alcosperse 726 is a patented hydrophobically modified copolymer developed to function as a hydrotrope and improve soil release properties. The polymer consists of carboxylated and non-carboxylated monomers with hydrophobic character, aromatic structure and high charge density. Alcosperse 726 offers multifunctional performance characteristics that provide detergency improvement, hydrotropic effects, increased cloud point of nonionic surfactants, outstanding hydrolytic stability and unprecedented surfactant compatibility.

Naxonate® 40SC is an effective hydrotrope with broad formulation compatibility, boasting an active level of 40% and providing increased low-temperature stability with moderate sulfate levels. It is listed on the Cleangredients Chemical Listing and meets the criteria of the Design for the Environment (DfE).

Naxonate® 45SC is our most effective hydrotrope, with an active level of 45%. It requires slightly higher storage temperatures and has moderate sulfate levels. Additionally, it is listed on the Cleangredients Chemical listing and also meets the DfE criteria.

Naxonate® 4ST is an ideal hydrotrope for liquid detergents, with similar coupling performance to sodium xylenesulfonate but lower sulfate and sulfone levels. It generates essentially no foam or wetting action and has minimal influence on surface tension, providing a cost-effective way to solubilize complex formulas, elevate cloud points, and control viscosity.

DePHOS H66 - 872 is a potassium salt of an organic phosphate ester. It functions as a hydrotrope, particularly in acid and alkaline systems where low foam is preferred.

DeTROPE SA-45 is a 45% active sodium alkanoate solution in water. It is highly effective, multifunctional, and low foam. Recommended for cleaners, it is chlorine stable and also demonstrates wetting and corrosion inhibition properties.

DeTERGE LF - 7315 is a low-foaming, modified amphoteric surfactant ideal for highly alkaline and acidic systems. It functions effectively as the primary surfactant, offering wetting and detergency in both acidic and alkaline environments. Its excellent solubility may eliminate the need for a hydrotrope. Moreover, it is biodegradable, non-phenolic, and phosphate-free.

DeTERGE CS - 45LF is an exceptional, cost-effective, low-foaming surfactant resistant to chlorine. It's formulated for products containing up to 15% active caustic and other alkaline electrolytes. Chemically classified as an alkoxylated carboxylate, it's intended solely for use in alkaline systems and not recommended for acid systems.

DeTERIC ODP - LF is a low-foaming sodium octyliminodipropionate primarily utilized for demulsification in water-based systems. Additionally, it demonstrates excellent hydrotroping properties in highly alkaline or acidic formulations.

Lanphos TEP4K is a phosphate ester manufactured using polyphosphoric acid resulting in a product that is predominantly mono-ester. The main advantage of a phosphate ester over a conventional anionic is it’s excellent stability in high concentration of acid, alkali and electrolyte. Lanphos TEP4K is supplied in neutral form as a potassium salt and behaves as a hydrotrope for the solubilisation of both anionic and nonionic surfactants into high concentration of electrolyte.

Ariix Sodium Cumene Sulfonate 90% Powder is comprised of Sodium cumenesulphonate. It is commonly used as Anti Caking Agent, Coupling Agent, Dispersing Agent, Emulsifying Agent, Hydrotrope, Solubilizer and Cloud Point Depressant for a variety of applications in Industrial Cleaning, Household Cleaning and Other Personal Care.

Cola®Teric 2-COSF is a caprylic imidazoline derived amphoteric surfactant that provides excellent wetting, detergency, rinsibility, and effective hydrotroping properties in a wide range of electrolyte systems. This low to moderate foaming amphoteric is ideally suited for use in household and industrial cleaners, alkaline degreasers, transportation cleaners, and textile/carpet care formulations.

Cola®Trope 555 is an alkaline stable surfactant designed for formulating low foaming, liquid cleaner concentrates containing comparatively high levels of caustic and/or other alkaline compounds. Cola®Trope 555 exhibits optimum detergency and low foaming properties at low application temperatures (<60C).

Cola®Trope 522 is an alkaline stable surfactant that is soluble and stable in 35% sodium hydroxide and high levels of other alkaline builders. This surfactant is used to formulate alkaline detergents for use in metal cleaning, food plant cleaning, and transportation cleaning. Cola®Trope 522 is useful at an application temperature of greater than 140ºF in 35% sodium hydroxide, 20% sodium metalsilicate, 45% KOH and 45% TKPP individually.

Cola®Teric AP is a salt-free organophosphate amphoteric that provides hydrotroping properties in high alkaline built systems that are formulated with conventional and capped low foaming nonionics. Cola®Teric AP improves the rinsibility of these systems by providing less streaking and redeposition of soil on the cleaned surface. Cola®Teric AP also enhances the detergency of nonionics. Cola®Teric AP is suited for use in industrial detergent cleaners, such as alkaline metal cleaning, high pressure spray cleaners, alkaline degreasers, scrubbing compounds, acid cleaners, transportation cleaners and various other hard surface detergent formulations. Detergency Enhancement - In alkaline metal cleaning tests, Cola®Teric AP, when mixed at equal activity with all ethoxylated nonionics, provides dramatic improvement of hard surface detergency properties. Blends containing Cola®Teric AP significantly outperformed blends containing similar concentrations of sodium xylene sulfonate.

Cola®Teric BW is a low foam alkyl betaine effective in cleaning metals and stain prevention. The composition is free of silicates and suitable for soft metals such as copper, aluminum, or brass. Cola®Teric BW is used in producing highly built cleaners with good detergency and high cloud points.

Lanphos PE35 is a phosphate ester manufactured using phosphorous pentoxide to give a product that contains both mono and di-esters. The main advantage of a phosphate ester over a conventional anionic is it’s excellent stability in high concentration of acid,alkali and electrolyte.

The Suga®Fax materials are derived from alkyl polyglucosides, a renewable resource made from coconut oil and corn syrup. These starting materials provide biodegradable, mild surfactants that can function in extreme conditions for a variety of consumer and industrial applications. Because of their safety, Suga®Fax products are excellent in consumer and industrial products, dramatically lowering the risk to human exposure. Suga®Fax surfactants are recommended wherever wetting, hydrotroping, and detergency are needed in a consumer or industrial product.

The Suga®Fax materials are derived from alkyl polyglucosides, a renewable resource made from coconut oil and corn syrup. These starting materials provide biodegradable, mild surfactants that can function in extreme conditions for a variety of consumer and industrial applications. Because of their safety, Suga®Fax products are excellent in consumer and industrial products, dramatically lowering the risk to human exposure. Suga®Fax surfactants are recommended wherever wetting, hydrotroping, and detergency are needed in a consumer or industrial product.

Cola®Teric CA-35 is a high foaming amphoteric surfactant with a low toxicity profile, making it suitable for a wide range of applications. It produces high foam and dense lather. This product is recommended for liquid soaps, shampoos, car washes, and foaming caustic cleaners.