Products in Cleaning Aids: Low Foaming

MAKON® L101 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer distinguished for water-in-oil emulsification, low foaming, defoaming, and fast wetting attributes. Its usage spans metalworking, paints and coatings, agriculture, and industrial applications. Its core applications include anti-foaming, defoaming, oil cutting, dispersants, water-in-oil emulsifiers, emulsion polymerization, and textiles. It is a low-ash product.

MAKON® L64 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer displaying low foaming, good detergency, and water solubility. Its range of applications spans household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, metalworking, pulp and paper, and textiles. Its suitability is evident in laundry, floor cleaning, food processing, rinse aids, pulp and paper, and agricultural pesticide formulations. It also maintains a low ash content, consistent with other products in the makon® line.

BIO-SOFT® N23-3 is a c12-13 linear alcohol ethoxylate that provides moderate wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. With a low hlb, this product can be used in textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

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.

BIO-SOFT® N1-5 is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low pour point that provides fast wetting, detergency, and low to moderate foam. This product finds application in laundry detergents, textiles, paint, and hi&i cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

AMMONYX® DO is an amphoteric surfactant catering to household and h&i applications. It boasts low and fast-breaking foam properties while contributing to viscosity building. With relevance in the textile industry, AMMONYX® DO is kosher certified, preservative-free, sulfate-free, and eo/po-free (ethylene oxide, propylene oxide).

STEPANTEX® TD-560 is a nonionic surfactant that acts as a low-foaming scouring and wetting agent in various hard surface cleaners. It belongs to the alcohol ethoxylates tridecyl alcohol ethoxylates chemical group and holds kosher certification, serving markets like home care, institutional, and industrial cleaning.

MERPOL® SE is a nonionic surfactant known for its effective wetting properties and low foaming characteristics. It finds application in textile and paper processing, including automatic dishwashing detergents, brewery cleaners, floor cleaners, laundry aids, laundry detergents, and meat packing plant cleaners. Its market reach includes home care, industrial products, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

BIO-SOFT® EC-690 is a nonionic surfactant that provides stability in both acidic and alkaline aqueous solutions. It offers moderate and stable foam along with high detergency. Tailored for laundry and various cleaning applications, including household, institutional, and industrial hard surface cleaners, BIO-SOFT® EC-690 complies with the u.S. Safer choice surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

MAKON® NF-180 is a nonionic surfactant designed for low-foaming and defoaming applications, including rinse aids and warewash formulations. It also serves as a dispersant and wetting agent. Its solubility in various solvents, such as ethanol, isopropanol, methanol, toluene, xylene, and perchloroethylene, makes it versatile.

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.

BIO-SOFT® N25-3 is a c12-15 linear alcohol ethoxylate with low hlb. It provides emulsification, moderate foam, detergency, and wetting. This product finds application in laundry prespotters, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, machine cleaning, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

STEPANQUAT® ML is a quaternary compound intended for use in hair conditioners, hair styling aids, creams, and lotions. Its functions include conditioning, static control, and emulsification for both oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions. It finds application across various markets including Food & Nutrition, Household, Industrial & Institutional Care, and Personal Care.

BIO-SOFT® N23-5 is a c12-13 linear alcohol ethoxylate that provides moderate wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. With a low hlb, this product can be used in textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

MERPOL® A is an alcohol phosphate that offers attributes such as low foam generation, effective wetting, and reliable emulsification. It serves a range of applications, including metal processing, composite handling, printing ink manufacturing, and coatings. Classified within the chemical group of alcohol phosphate esters, its functions encompass being a plastic anti-static agent, pigment dispersant, and textile lubricating agent.

BIO-SOFT® N23-6.5 is a c12-13 linear alcohol ethoxylate that provides fast wetting, moderate foam, emulsification, and detergency. This product finds application in laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. The product is kosher-certified and preservative-free.

BIO-SOFT® EC-600 is a nonionic surfactant blend featuring an hlb (hydrophilic-lipophilic balance) value of 10.6. This versatile surfactant finds use in wetting, emulsification, and as a degreasing booster within industrial cleaners, detergents, and paint additives. One of its notable features is its comparison to np-6 (nonylphenol ethoxylate), where bio-soft® n-600 exhibits rapid wetting properties. It effectively replaces nonylphenol ethoxylates as a more environmentally friendly option. Furthermore, it aligns with the standards set by the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen, and its inclusion on cleangredients underscores its commitment to sustainable formulations.

MAKON® 17R4 stands as a nonionic reverse eo/po block copolymer that exhibits fast-breaking, low foaming, defoaming properties, and strong detergency. Its applicability spans numerous markets, from industrial and institutional to pulp and paper and textiles. It can be utilized in metalworking fluids, dispersants, industrial lubricants, agricultural pesticide formulations, and low foaming detergents. Like other products in the makon® line, it is a low ash product.

MAKON® TD-3 is a nonionic surfactant with broad utility in various agricultural formulations and is adjustable based on hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (hlb). The product, certified kosher, is applicable in agricultural solutions, home care, institutional, and industrial cleaning. Its use spans automatic dishwashing detergents, brewery cleaners, capsule suspensions (cs), and concentrated emulsions (ew).

BIO-SOFT® EA 10-85 is a nonionic surfactant that exhibits low foaming properties and excellent wetting action. It is a good emulsifier for industrial applications. It may be readily formulated into highly alkaline liquid systems and can be used in a variety of applications, including mechanical dishwashing, rinse aids, metal cleaning, spray washing, general-purpose cleaning, emulsion polymerization, textile wetting and scouring, oil field additives, agricultural adjuvants, and non-foaming emulsions.

MERPOL® SH constitutes a nonionic surfactant solution, offering effective wetting and emulsification properties. It's used as a detergent for hard surface cleaning and as a lubricating agent during rubber part assembly. Its classification belongs to the specialty ethoxylates chemical group.

BIO-SOFT® N91-2.5 is a c9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate featuring a low hlb. This versatile product offers rapid wetting, low foam, emulsification, and detergency. Its applications span laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, machine-based cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, and institutional and industrial cleaning contexts.

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.

POLYSTEP® OPA is an anionic surfactant with effective wetting and low foaming properties, finds application in latex manufacture. Belonging to the sulfonates chemical group and certified kosher, it serves markets like emulsion polymerization and institutional and industrial cleaning. Its application focuses on latex manufacturing.

MAKON® L61 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer known for its low foaming, defoaming, and water-in-oil emulsification attributes. Its versatility spans markets like household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, metalworking, and textiles. It finds usage in areas such as defoaming, metal cleaning, spray washing, warewashing, general-purpose cleaning, textile wetting and scouring, agricultural adjuvants, and non-foaming emulsions. It is another product within the makon® line, featuring low ash content.

BIO-SOFT® N1-3 is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low hlb value, offering emulsification, low foam, detergency, and wetting properties. Its versatility shines in oil-in-water formulations, making it suitable for textiles, automatic dishwashing detergents, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning.

STEPANOL® EHS is an anionic surfactant known for its exceptional wetting and penetration properties. It falls under the chemical group of alkyl sulfates and effectively functions as a latex frothing agent, catering to markets like emulsion polymerization, home care, industrial products, and institutional and industrial cleaning. Its applications include bathroom cleaners, fabric pre-treaters, and both dilutable and ready-to-use hard surface cleaners.

MAKON® L62 is a nonionic eo/po block copolymer with properties like low foaming and good oil-in-water emulsification. Its versatility covers an array of markets, including household, industrial, institutional, agriculture, paints and coatings, pulp and paper, and textiles. It finds its niche in metal cleaning, spray washing, warewashing, rinse aids, general-purpose cleaning, textile wetting, and agricultural pesticide formulations. As with other makon® products, it maintains the characteristic of being a low-ash product.

MAKON® 25R2 stands as a notable nonionic reverse EO/PO block copolymer, prized for its swift-breaking, low foaming, and defoaming capabilities. Its versatility extends across a spectrum of industries where its unique properties find diverse applications and contribute to enhanced performance and efficiency.

BIO-SOFT® EC-639 is a nonionic surfactant providing stability in aqueous acidic and alkaline solutions, moderate and stable foam, and high detergency. It aligns well with laundry, household, institutional, and industrial hard surface cleaners. The surfactant adheres to the u.S. Epa safer choice surfactant screen and cleangredients listing.

BIO-SOFT® N1-7 is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate delivering fast wetting, moderate to high foam, emulsification abilities, and effective detergency. Its application spans laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning. It meets the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and cleangredients listing, ensuring environmental and safety compliance.

MAKON® NF-12 is a nonionic surfactant renowned for its low foaming characteristics and excellent wetting capabilities. Its versatility is evident in applications like mechanical dishwashing, metal cleaning, spray washing, general-purpose cleaning, emulsion polymerization, textile wetting and scouring, and as an adjuvant for agricultural products.

Lutensol® TO 5 is a nonionic surfactant with an approximate 100% active ingredient content based on a saturated iso-C13 alcohol ethoxylated with 5 moles of ethylene oxide. It is a high-performance surfactant known for its low toxicity. Lutensol® TO 5 exhibits excellent emulsification, dispersion, wetting, and compatibilizing properties, making it a versatile choice for various applications.

Lutensol® XP 70 is a 100% active product suitable for machine and manual floor cleaning as a low-foaming degreasing agent. It is readily biodegradable, has a lower tendency to form gel compared to longer-chain alcohol ethoxylates, and is listed on Safer Choice. The final surfactant choice, however, would be formulation-dependent.

Pluronic® L62 is a 100% active, low-foaming surfactant that is suitable for use in high-temperature commercial dishwashing machines. It is listed on the EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List and offers benefits such as low foaming solutions and wetting and low foam capabilities.

Plurafac® D 250 is a non-ionic emulsifier that is suitable for oily soils, with a cloud point of 59°C and moderate foaming properties. It belongs to the EO/PO alcohol surfactant category and functions as a good non-ionic emulsifier for oily soils.