Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- INCI Name
- Cosmetic Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- Labeling Claims
- Product Benefits
- Offers excellent water resistance properties
- Low level of film tackiness enhances formulation esthetics.
- Compatible with a broad range of personal care ingredients
- Effective at low use levels
- Allows for easier plant handling and processing (cold-processable)
- Product Attributes for Skin Care and Color Cosmetics Applications
- Permeable to semi-occlusive
- Uniform and continuous
- Long-lasting and removable
- Comfort and sensory attributes
Formulator Advantages
- Multiple film-forming technologies available for greater versatility
- Multiple carriers available for greater formulation and manufacturingprocess flexibility
- Good compatibility with common cosmetic ingredients, allowing incorporation in common product types, such as face care, sun care and color cosmetics
Consumer Advantages
- Use of non-occlusive materials to preserve skin health and breathability
- Variable film flexibility for wearing comfort and enjoyment
- High sebum and water repellency as well as high rub-off resistance properties to provide outstanding long-lasting benefits and a rewarding daily skin-care experience
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Skin Care Applications
- Sun Care Applications
- Use Level
- 0.5 - 2.0% (polymer solids), 0.5 - 2.0% (polymer solids)
- Recommended Applications
- O/W Sunscreens
- W/O Sunscreens
- W/S Sunscreens
- Sprayable Pump Sunscreens
- Complatibility
- Compatible with ingredients typically used in sunscreen formulations
- Can be easily incorporated into a variety of O/W, W/O and W/S systems
Properties
- Appearance
- Milk white fluid free of coagulated gum and visible impurities
- Typical Properties
- Microbiological Values
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Solids Content (Forced Draft Oven, at 150°C, 0.6 g, 20 min) | 43 - 46 | % | DOWM 102570 |
| pH | 4.5 - 6.5 | — | — |
| Viscosity (at 25°C, Brookfield LV, spindle #2, 60 rpm) | max. 500 | cP | DOWM 102715 |
| Total Residual Monomers | 0 - 100 | ppm | CTG 1347 |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Candida albicans | Absent | per g | DOWB5080 40 |
| Gram Negative Bacteria | Absent | per g | DOWB5080 40 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | Absent | per g | DOWB5080 40 |
| Aerobic Plate Count | max. 100 | CFU/g | DOWB5080 40 |
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
Storage & Handling
- Usable Life and Storage
The recommended storage temperature for this material is between 5°C - 35°C. The product should be kept from freezing. If exposed to temperatures below 5°C and above 35°C for extended periods, the material may coagulate and become unusable.
- Disposal Considerations
Dispose in accordance with all local, state (provincial) and federal regulations. Empty containers may contain hazardous residues. This material and its container must be disposed in a safe and legal manner.