Products in Institutional & Catering: Hydrotrope

BTC Europe GmbH APG 325 UP is an aqueous solution of alkyl polyglucosides based on synthetic fatty alcohol C9 - C11. It is a nonionic alkyl polyglucoside surfactant that combines the formulation ease of typical nonionics with the foam characteristics of anionics. Unpreserved and carrying the Safer Choice designation, APG® 325 UP provides excellent detergency and stability benefits in various cleaning products, exhibiting superior wetting, dispersing, and interfacial tension reduction properties for increased soil removal, especially on hard surfaces.

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® 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® 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-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-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® 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.

APG® 325N is a liquid product composed of alkyl polyglycosides derived from synthetic C9-C11 fatty alcohol and dissolved in water. It is a liquid product of approximately 50% concentration and has high primary cleaning, excellent gloss retention (low to no streak) and excellent plastic compatibility.

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.

Glucopon® 425 N is a mid-chain APG surfactant with moderate hydrotrope ability and high foam with good primary cleaning properties that is 100% derived from renewable resources. It has excellent gloss retention, low to no streaking, and excellent plastic compatibility, and won't damage even floor finishes. Furthermore, it is stable at high alkaline conditions and is an excellent option for wetting, although a defoamer may need to be used.

Deriphat® 160 C is an amphoteric surfactant for cleaners sold as a 30% liquid with very good foaming power in both hard and soft water. It is stable over a broad pH range, allowing it to be used in both acidic and alkaline formulations. DERIPHAT® 160 C can be combined with cationic surfactants, which are often used as bactericides for disinfectants. Additionally, it is a strong hydrotrope with excellent water solubility over a broad pH range, even when high electrolyte concentrations are present. DERIPHAT® 160 C is also compatible with other common nonionic, anionic and cationic surfactants, although it is insoluble in water in the pH range of 2.4 to 4.2. It is also listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List.

Glucopon® 225 DK is a 70% liquid short-chain APG available as a hydrotrope. It provides high foam with good primary cleaning, is unbleached and supplied as a dark liquid, and is 100% derived from renewable resources. It is very mild to the skin and can synergistically reduce the skin irritation caused by anionic surfactants while also providing excellent gloss retention with little to no streaking and excellent plastic compatibility. It is listed on the EPA's Safer Chemical Ingredients List, approved for direct release to the environment, and contains no biocide for preservation.

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.

AG 6202 is a low foaming alkyl glucoside, non-ionic surfactant, based on a short chain fatty alcohol and glucose.

Harcros Chemicals Foamer CD is a high-foaming anionic surfactant developed for use in air mist drilling. It is also suitable as a base for high-foaming liquid detergents, scrub soaps, rug shampoos, and all-purpose cleaners. It is a sulfate-ether surfactant based on a linear hydrophobe that has been proven in the industry to be highly biodegradable. This product is soluble and stable in solutions with high electrolyte concentrations.

T-Mulz® 66H is the potassium salt of an aromatic phosphate ester. It exhibits good solubility in highly alkaline liquid formulations and functions as an efficient hydrotrope for coupling nonionic surfactants into alkaline systems while simultaneously adding detergency and wetting properties. This product is recommended for use in heavy-duty liquid detergents, all-purpose hard surface cleaners, dry cleaning fluids, agricultural formulations, and textile products.

T-Mulz® 1227 is an alcohol-based phosphate ester designed for use as a hydrotrope that provides detergency, coupling, and improved salt tolerance in alkaline cleaners, yarn lubricants, and concentrated electrolyte solutions. This product is especially effective in removing heavier soils. It has a very fast Draves wetting time, which can enhance the wetting performance of the finished formulation.

T-Mulz® 844 is a phosphate ester designed for use in alkaline cleaners, textiles in yarn lubricants, and wet processing. This product is used in concentrated electrolyte solutions to improve salt tolerance and as a hydrotrope that provides detergency, wetting, and coupling properties.

T-Mulz® 810 is an alcohol-based phosphate ester designed for use in alkaline cleaners, yarn lubricants, and concentrated electrolyte solutions to improve salt tolerance. This product is also used as a hydrotrope that provides detergency, wetting, and coupling. It is compatible with both anionic and nonionic surfactants.

T-Mulz® 800 is an alcohol ethoxylate-based phosphate ester designed for use in alkaline cleaners, yarn lubricants, and concentrated electrolyte solutions. This product is compatible with anionic and nonionic surfactants. It provides improved salt tolerance, functions as a hydrotrope, and gives excellent detergency, wetting, and coupling.

T-Mulz® 734-2 KS is the potassium salt of an organic phosphate ester that is designed for use in alkaline cleaners and concentrated electrolyte solutions. It improves salt tolerance and functions as a hydrotrope. This product serves as a coupling agent in conjunction with other surfactants to clarify formulations that might otherwise be inhomogeneous. It also has the ability to improve a formula€™s wetting ability and detergency.

T-Mulz® 844 M is a phosphate ester designed for use in alkaline cleaners, yarn lubricants, and wet processing. It demonstrates excellent salt tolerance, especially under alkaline conditions. This product also functions well as a hydrotrope and can couple solvent, electrolyte, and surfactant mixtures. Additional benefits of using T-Mulz® 844 M include improved wetting and detergency. This product also finds application as a primary emulsion polymerization surfactant and is well suited to acrylic latexes.

T-Mulz® D6PE is a phosphate ester designed for use in alkaline formulations and hard surface cleaners. It may also be used in concentrated electrolyte solutions to improve salt tolerance. This product functions as a hydrotrope and is capable of coupling silicates, phosphates, and carbonates into alkaline mixtures. The added benefits of this product are that it provides detergency and improved wetting power to the formulation.

T-Mulz® T9PE is a phosphate ester designed for use in alkaline formulations and hard surface cleaners. It may also be used in concentrated electrolyte solutions to improve salt tolerance. This product also functions as a hydrotrope and is capable of coupling silicates, phosphates, and carbonates into alkaline mixtures. The added benefits of this product are that it provides detergency and improved wetting power to the formulation. It finds application in agricultural tank mix additives as fertilizer-water conditioner formulations.

Librateric AA-38H is a clear, pale straw-colored liquid featuring coco imino dipropionate - 38% sodium salt in water. This product is soluble in water and showcases synergistic effects when combined with nonionic surfactants, allowing for the inclusion of low levels of surfactant in formulations. It is recommended for various applications, including industrial and institutional cleaning, vehicle cleaning, cleaning within the food industry, as well as household and institutional hard surface cleaning.

Librateric AA-30 (MB) is a clear pale straw-colored liquid consisting of coco imino dipropionate - 30% sodium salt in water. Notably, Librateric AA-30 is manufactured from mass balance palm kernel oil. This versatile product is recommended for industrial cleaning applications that require high foaming. Its applications encompass a wide range of industrial and institutional cleaning tasks, including vehicle cleaning, cleaning within the food industry, as well as household and institutional hard surface cleaning.

Naxonac® 184 is an anionic surfactant designed to meet multiple needs in metalworking fluids. It serves as an emulsifier, wetting agent, anti-wear additive, corrosion inhibitor, and lubricant. Its stability and solubility in alkali systems are some of the main advantages of phosphate esters. It can also be used as a hydrotrope to couple nonionic surfactant systems that are not soluble, while at the same time increasing wetting and detergency properties. With these features, Naxonac® 184 is an excellent choice for metalworking applications.

Naxonac® 8104 is a complex mixture of monoesters and diesters of alkyl alcohol ethoxylate phosphoric acid, showing hydrotropic abilities in liquid formulations. It is an effective surfactant in heavy-duty alkaline liquid formulations and is soluble in high electrolyte systems. It is also an effective solubilizer and corrosion inhibitor in various sanitary and industrial cleaning formulations.

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 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.

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.

DeCORE IMT - 100LF is a low-foaming, anionic, mixed amine carboxylate. It is recommended as a corrosion inhibitor for both ferrous and non-ferrous metals, offering effective protection while minimizing foam formation.

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.