Products in Cleaning Aids: Hydrotroping

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 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® 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® 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® SCS-40A serves as a solubilizer, coupling agent, and cloud point depressant in liquid detergent formulations. Its hydrotropic property enables the incorporation of incompatible materials, while also lowering the cloud point or crystallization temperature of complex blends. Notably, STEPANATE® SCS-40A contains no alcohol, thus preserving the flash point of your formulation.

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-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® 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.

Glucopon® 215 UP is a short-chain APG sold as a liquid of 63.5% concentration. This mid-chain APG surfactant has moderate hydrotropic ability and high foam, providing good primary cleaning. It is 100% derived from renewable resources and is used as a mild degreaser and foaming/stabilizing surfactant that won't damage even floor finishes. It has excellent gloss retention and plastic compatibility, and contains no biocide for preservation. It is listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List and is approved for direct release to the environment.

Glucopon® 420 UP is 100% derived from renewable resources. It is mild to the skin and can synergistically reduce the skin irritation caused by anionic surfactants. It has excellent gloss retention, little to no streaking, and excellent plastic compatibility. This product contains no biocide for preservation and is listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List.

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.

Glucopon® 600 UP is a long-chain APG surfactant available as an approximately 50% viscous liquid. It works in combination with fatty soap to act as a mild degreaser and a foaming/stabilizing surfactant. It is mild to the skin and can synergistically reduce the skin irritation caused by anionic surfactants. It has a synergistic effect with lactic acid to increase the clean plate count. Furthermore, it contains no biocide for preservation and is listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List.

Glucopon® 625 UP is a long-chain APG surfactant available as an approximately 50% viscous liquid. It functions as a mild degreaser and foaming/stabilizing surfactant, is listed on Safer Choice, and is 100% natural carbon. It is mild to the skin and can synergistically reduce skin irritation caused by anionic surfactants. It has synergy with lactic acid to increase the dish clean plate count and contains no biocide for preservation. Additionally, it is listed on the EPA's Safer Chemical Ingredients List.

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.

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

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.

Petro 22N Powder is a napthalene sulfonate designed for low foaming applications.

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 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® 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® 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® 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.

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® 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.

H Soft® AO-8 is 40% active octyl dimethylamine oxide in water, with excellent wetting, solubilizing, and hydrotrope properties and low to moderate foam. It is suitable for anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants, and is acid and hypochlorite stable. Its exceptional quality makes it suitable for a wide range of markets and applications.

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.

Lansurf P4 is a versatile cleaning solution designed for institutional, industrial, and home care applications. This product showcases advanced features such as effective detergency, superior wetting, hydrotroping capabilities, and excellent emulsifying properties. As a nonionic surfactant, Lansurf P4 serves multiple functions, acting as a detergent and emulsifier while enhancing wetting for optimal cleaning performance.

Natrope 680 serves as a solubilizer and viscosity cutter, acting as an alternative to compounds like Sodium Xylene Sulfonate (SXS), Sodium Xylene Sulfonate (SCS), and Alkyl phosphate. Notably, it offers clarity in formulations and is derived from plant sources, making it advantageous for various home care cleansing products.

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.