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Lutensol® AT 50 Flakes (C16-18 fatty alcohol ethoxylates) are nonionic surfactants. They are alkyl polyethylene glycol ethers derived from a linear, saturated C16-C18 fatty alcohol and are offered in a range from medium EO degree to high EO degree.

Plurafac® LF 224 is a versatile cleaning solution formulated with nonionic surfactants for multiple applications. Designed for surface care, industrial cleaning, and agricultural pest control, it improves wetting while ensuring low foaming. Ideal for detergents in-home care, this product delivers effective cleaning power across various settings.

Lutensol® AO 11 (C13–15 oxo alcohol ethoxylates) are nonionic surfactants derived from C13–C15 oxo alcohol, comprising approximately 65% C13 and 33% C15, offering a low and medium EO degree. Below 7 mol EO, they appear as cloudy, colorless liquids at 23°C and tend to form sediment. When the EO degree reaches 8 mol or higher, it manifests as colorless pastes. These products exhibit classical wetting and emulsification properties.

Lutensol® TO 3 (C13-oxo alcohol ethoxylates) are nonionic surfactants. They are based on saturated iso-C13-alcohol providing a low, medium and high EO degree. EO degrees of medium and high are water-diluted grades to keep the liquid form. According to their structure they are used where wetting, emulsification and soil removal power is needed.

Glucopon® 425 N/HH is positioned for detergents, serves as a solubilizer and nonionic surfactant. With features like film forming, moderate foaming, and solubilizing properties, it is utilized in dish care, surface care, commercial laundry, industrial cleaning, and detergent formulations in liquid form.

Plurafac® LF 131 is known for its features in agrochemicals, notably enhancing wetting and maintaining low foam levels. In the realm of Home, Institutional and Industrial (household, institutional, and industrial) care, it showcases emulsifying and solubilizing properties, contributing to effective surface care in both home and institutional and industrial settings. It finds applications in industrial cleaning within Home, Institutional and Industrial care. In the agriculture and feed sectors, it supports pest control, specifically agricultural pest control. This versatile product is utilized in various applications, such as detergents for home care and cleaning agents for industrial and institutional cleaning purposes.

Lutensol® TO 10 (C13-oxo alcohol ethoxylates) are nonionic surfactants derived from saturated iso-C13-alcohol, offering low, medium, and high EO degrees. Medium and high EO degrees are water-diluted grades, ensuring a liquid form. These surfactants are specifically designed for applications requiring strong wetting, emulsification, and soil removal capabilities due to their inherent structure.

CSR Plus® LF is a more aggressive cleaner of scaled concrete or painted steel surfaces and is less corrosive than most acidic de-scalers. Cleaning air stripper media with CSR Plus® LF is an alternative to costly media replacement. This is a liquid descaling product for the removal of heavy calcium carbonate and other mineral deposits from filtration basins, troughs, clarifiers, and other accessible water treatment plant surfaces. CSR Plus® LF is also used to clean air stripper media or as an off-line pipeline treatment. CSR Plus® LF is not a potable water treatment additive and therefore cannot be injected directly into potable water.

STEPANOL® WAT is an anionic surfactant celebrated for its excellent foaming and viscosity characteristics. Derived from natural and plant-based sources, it's commonly used in personal care, laundry, and cleaning products. Its versatility is exemplified in applications such as 2-in-1 shampoos, body washes, and both automatic and hand carwashes. Moreover, it carries kosher certification.

BIO-TERGE® AS-40 CG-P is a cosmetic-grade anionic surfactant renowned for its superb viscosity, flash foam characteristics, and mildness. BIO-TERGE® AS-40 CG-P is ideal for a variety of personal care applications, including liquid hand soaps, shampoos, facial cleansers, and body washes.

BTC® 65 is a quaternary for formulation into a wide variety of applications such as household, institutional, and industrial cleaning, wood preservation, algaecides, deodorizers, disinfectants, fungicides, sanitizers, and water treatment. The product is kosher certified and categorized as a surfactant, which belongs to the adbac chemical group.

AMPHOSOL® 2C is disodium cocoamphodiacetate, a mild amphoteric surfactant known for its role as a foam booster and viscosity builder in a variety of personal care applications. Its applications encompass 2 in 1 shampoo, baby care, body scrubs, body wash, facial cleansers, hand soaps, make-up removers, men's grooming, shampoos, shower gel, and soap bars within the personal care market.

AMPHOSOL® 2CSF stands as a mild amphoteric surfactant, specifically disodium cocoamphodipropionate. It contributes as a secondary surfactant, foam booster, and viscosity builder in personal care, household, and industrial cleaning products. It's versatile, finding its way into contexts such as 2 in 1 shampoo, automatic dishwashing detergents, baby care, bathroom cleaners, body scrubs, body wash, degreasers, facial cleansers, hand dishwashing detergents, and more. It's also noteworthy for being bio-based, kosher certified, naturally derived, plant-derived, salt-free, sulfate-free, and eo/po-free.

BIO-SOFT® LFS-07 is a proprietary nonionic surfactant technology tailored for hard surface cleaners requiring a balance between low film/streak performance and heavy-duty cleaning capabilities. This surfactant facilitates effective cleaning of both glass surfaces and heavy grease buildup in a single cleaner. It is suitable for both ready-to-use (rtu) and concentrated cleaners.

BIO-SOFT® LA ACID assumes the role of an anionic surfactant, distinguished by its exceptional detergency. Its suitability spans various household, industrial, and institutional cleaners. It belongs to the alkyl benzene sulfonic acid sulfonic acids chemical group and holds kosher certification.

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.

STEOL® 23-2S.30 CP-F is an alkyl ether sulfate surfactant suitable for a range of applications, including household, industrial, and institutional cleaning, as well as personal care. It can be used in products such as 2-in-1 shampoo, body wash, degreasers, hand soaps, kitchen cleaners, laundry detergents, and men's grooming products.

MAKON® UD-7 is a c11 branched alcohol ethoxylate suitable for institutional and industrial laundry, as well as various hard surface cleaning applications. It acts as a fragrance solubilizer and wetting agent. Its branched structure allows it to serve as a replacement for tridecyl alcohol ethoxylates and nonylphenol ethoxylates, avoiding gel phase formation in water.

STEPOSOL® M-10 belongs to a unique class of disubstituted amides, finding application in household, industrial, and institutional cleaning and degreasing. It showcases a broad range of properties, such as excellent solvency, low voc content, and stability against heat and hydrolysis.

STEPAN® PEARL 2 is a unique anionic/ester surfactant blend designed to impart a pearlescent appearance to personal care products like shampoos, bubble baths, and dishwashing liquids. Unlike traditional methods requiring heat or prolonged processing, the distinctive emulsifier package in STEPAN® PEARL 2 enables excellent pearlescence through cold blending.

AMMONYX® CSO-Z is an amphoteric surfactant suitable for various cleaning applications, including hard surface applications like degreasers and laundry applications. It caters to the home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, and vehicle care markets. It falls under the product families of amphoteric surfactants.

POLYSTEP® B-27 is an anionic surfactant, contributes to latex manufacturing as an emulsifier. Falling under the alkyl phenol ether sulfates nonyl phenol ethoxylate sulfates chemical group, it holds kosher certification and caters to markets such as emulsion polymerization, home care, institutional cleaning, and industrial cleaning.

STEPWET® DOS 70-PG stands out as an exceptional wetting agent, showcasing impressive performance even at low concentrations in mineral dispersions and aqueous systems. It boasts multiple functions, such as being a latex frothing agent, emulsifier, adjuvant, and wetting agent, with particular effectiveness in emulsifying oil-in-water emulsions in the emulsion polymerization, textile, and agricultural industries.

STEPOSOL® SB-W derives from soybean oil and serves as a methyl ester. Its application spectrum covers uses like solvent-based degreasing, acting as a lubricating agent, and more. It's recognized as an eco-friendly substitute for solvents like d-limonene, naphtha, and mineral spirits.

BIO-SOFT® E-678 is a nonionic fatty alcohol ethoxylate surfactant known for its moderate and stable foam, high detergency, and versatility. It finds use in detergents, dishwashing, and hand soaps. This water-soluble surfactant is remarkably effective even at low concentrations and performs well in both warm and hot water applications. It can also function as a dyeing assistant, emulsifier, and wetting agent.

STEPOSOL® ROE-W represents a methyl ester derived from canola oil, applicable across diverse agricultural scenarios. Its versatility extends to functioning as a solvent, adjuvant, and carrier. Noteworthy is STEPOSOL® ROE-W status as a bio-based, kosher-certified, naturally derived, and plant-derived solution.

STEPANTEX® VK 90 is a diester fabric softener quaternary with commendable softening, cold water dispersibility, and rewetting properties. This cationic surfactant paste finds its place in household and industrial fabric softeners and is capable of producing dispersions with solids ranging from 3% to 20%.

STEPOSOL® DG is a bio-based surfactant blend designed as a solvent replacement in water-based cleaning and degreasing formulations. Belonging to the cationic nonionic blend chemical group, it caters to markets including home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, and vehicle care. Its application extends to engine degreasers, dilutable and ready-to-use hard surface cleaners, and kitchen cleaners.

AMPHOSOL® CG-UN is an amido-type betaine derived from refined coconut oil, providing foam boosting and viscosity building across applications like shampoos, automatic dishwashing detergents, baby care products, bathroom cleaners, body scrubs, and more, in markets like home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, personal care, and vehicle care.

NINOL® CMP is a prilled nonionic surfactant based on coconut mea amide, providing foam-boosting, stabilization, and viscosity-building properties. Its applications span personal care products like shampoos, bath products, and liquid dish soaps, as well as laundry detergents, metalworking fluids, cutting fluids, and drawing compounds.

BIO-SOFT® N1-9 is a c11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a high hlb, strong water solubility, and high cloud point, making it well-suited for general-purpose cleaning and fragrance solubilization. It offers emulsification, moderate to high foam, detergency, and moderate to fast wetting. Like other mentioned products, it complies with the u.S. Epa safer choice program's surfactant screen and is listed on cleangredients.

STEPGROW® LT stands out as a tank cleaner meticulously formulated for agricultural tank mixes. Its classification places it among surfactants. Its versatile functions encompass being a solvent and adjuvant. It sees application in both formulated adjuvants and ready-to-use (rtu) contexts. Within the market sphere, it caters to agricultural solutions and holds a presence in the hi&i care sector. This product comes in liquid form.

STEPANOL® LCP is an anionic surfactant that excels in detergency, high foam, and a low cloud point. Its applications encompass shampoos, bubble baths, dishwashing detergents, general cleaners, carpet shampoos, and upholstery cleaners. Derived from natural and plant-based sources, it carries kosher certification and is widely employed in home care, institutional and industrial cleaning, and personal care markets.

MAKON® 30 is an all-high-active nonionic surfactant with diverse applications, including agriculture, detergents, sanitizers, industrial cleaners, metal cleaners, textiles, and paper deinking. Their chemical group is nonylphenol etheroxylates, and they serve as emulsifiers, adjuvants, and wetting agents. This product is kosher-certified.

STEPOSOL® C-48 is a naturally-derived, biodegradable solvent with a methyl ester composition. It's an eco-friendly option for various applications in households, industries, and institutions, serving as a substitute or co-solvent for a range of solvents. One of its notable features is its high solvency.

BTC® 888 is a quaternary compound designed for various industrial and institutional cleaning applications, such as water treatment, gas and oil drilling muds, gas and oil recovery systems, and wood preservation. It holds biocidal activity and is associated with a u.S. Epa-registered formulation that meets criteria against emerging viral pathogens. This suggests its potential as a hard surface disinfectant against sars-cov-2, the virus responsible for covid-19.