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Description of Product Families and Application Areas

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Introduction: Nonionic surfactants are those that carry no net charge. As with all other surfactants, the nonionic type also has a fatty tail known as the lipophile, and a water loving head known as the hydrophile. The water loving section of the nonionic is made by adding units of ethylene oxide to the water loving head, or by employment of sugar polyols. Nonionic surfactants are often characterized by their hydrophilic lipophilic balance or HLB. HLB is a calculation based on this balance of water/oil loving character. High HLB values indicate good water, or polar solvent solubility of the surfactant, while low HLB values are indicative of good solubility in non polar systems, such as oil. All of the HLB data shown in this brochure are calculated by Davies HLB scale. With increasing levels of ethoxylation the water loving character of the nonionic increases, and thus the HLB increases. With propoxylation, the water loving character of the nonionic decreases. Also, increasing the size of the fatty tail will decrease the water loving character. The decrease in water loving character will cause the HLB to also decrease. Nonionic surfactants are often used for wetting, detergency, foam stabilization, de-foaming, rheology modification, dispersion, and emulsification, or demulsification. The nonionic family is compatible with other surfactant families such as amphoteric, anionic or cationic. Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC, (Akzo Nobel Surfactants) offers a wide variety of nonionic products for use in these applications. It is the intention of this document to help the formulator find the correct nonionic for their application.

Nonyl Phenol Alkoxylates: Witconol nonyl phenol based nonionic surfactants are used in many industries. They are very good at wetting, dispersion, and emulsification.

Product Name
WITCONOL NP-40 WITCONOL NP-90 WITCONOL NP-100 WITCONOL NP-200 WITCONOL NP-400 WITCONOL NS-108LQ

Application
Emulsification Wetting/ Dispersion Wetting/ Dispersion Dispersion Dispersion W/O Emulsification

Chemical Description
Nonyl Phenol 4 Mole Ethoxylate Nonyl Phenol 9 Mole Ethoxylate Nonyl Phenol 10 Mole Ethoxylate Nonyl Phenol 20 Mole Ethoxylate Nonyl Phenol 40 Mole Ethoxylate Nonyl Phenol Ethoxylate Propoxylate

HLB
8.9 13 13.1 16 17.8 N/A

Alkyl Alkoxylates: The Ethylan family contains other nonionic surfactants; glycol products are given the Witconol trade mark. Applications are shown beside each product. Product Name
ETHYLAN 1005 ETHYLAN 1008 ETHYLAN 1206 ETHYLAN 25-3 ETHYLAN 324 ETHYLAN DA-4 ETHYLAN HB4 ETHYLAN LA-230 ETHYLAN NS-500LQ ETHYLAN SN-70 ETHYLAN SN-90 ETHYLAN TD-1407 ETHYLAN TD-60 WITCONOL PD-2000 WITCONOL PEG 400

Application
Wetting, low foam Wetting, average foam Wetting, foam removing Emulsification Emulsification Emulsification Penetrating Agent Dispersion Emulsification Emulsification Wetting/Dispersion Wetting Wetting/Dispersion W/O Emulsification W/O Emulsification

Chemical Description
Proprietary Proprietary C10 C12 Ethoxylate/Propoxylate C12 C15 Alcohol 3 Mole Ethoxylate EO/PO Block Polymer C9-11 4 Mole Ethoxylate Proprietary C12-15 Alcohol 17 Mole Ethoxylate Butanol Ethoxylate/Propoxylate C10 C12 Alcohol 5 Mole Ethoxylate C10 C12 Alcohol 7 Mole Ethoxylate Tridecyl Alcohol 14 Mole Ethoxylate Tridecyl Alcohol 6 Mole Ethoxylate DPG EO/PO Block DEG Ethoxylate

HLB
11.6 14 9.5 8 8 10.5 NA 17 NA 12 12.9 NA 11.4 NA NA

Ethoxylated Castor Oil: The Emulpon trade mark is for our castor oil ethoxylates. These are best for emulsifying oil in water, or water in oil.
Product Name
EMULPONTM CO-200 EMULPONTM CO-360 EMULPONTM CO-550

Description
Castor Oil (20 Polyoxyethylene) Castor Oil (36 Polyoxyethylene) Castor Oil (50 Polyoxyethylene)

HLB
10.2 13.5 14.4

Diethanol Amides: The trade mark for this family is known as Amadol. This family is used for rheology modification, foaming agents, as well as emulsification of oil in water. Alkanol Amide Name AMADOL 1017 AMADOL 128T AMADOL 511 AMADOL 5130 AMADOL 5133 AMADOL 5195 AMADOL CDA AMADOL WE Chemical Description Modified Cocamide DEA Cocamide DEA (1:1) Tall oil DEA Coco / Oleic DEA Modified Cocamide DEA Lauric DEA Tall Oil / Coco DEA Tall oil DEA

Fatty Esters: We also offer a line of fatty esters under the Witconol product name. These products find use as emulsifiers and dispersants in a variety of industrial and consumer applications.

Product Name

Description

HLB

WITCONOL 14

Poly Glycerol Oleate

WITCONOL H-31A

PEG 400 Monooleate

12.5

WITCONOL H-32

PEG 600 Ditallate

10

WITCONOL H-33

Modified PEG 400 Ditallate

8.4

Nonionic Products
Description of Product Families and Application Areas

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