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Non-ionic surfactants

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Non-ionic surfactant refers to a kind of surfactant with its molecule not undergoing ionization when being dissolved in water. Before World War II, it was first developed by the IG Company (German) with the trade names being Igepol, Leonil and Emulphor. According to their different hydrophilic groups, it can be divided into polyoxyethylene and polyols two categories.

1 Polyoxyethylene: its formula is RO (CH2CH2O)nH. It is manufactured through the reaction between the active hydrogen-containing compound and the ethylene oxide. Commonly used active hydrogen-containing compound in industry include fatty alcohols, alkylphenols, fatty acids, fatty amines, fatty amides, polyhydric alcohols, fatty acid esters, oil lipid, sorbitol and so on. The largest category of commercially available nonionic surfactants is the ethylene oxide adducts of the fatty alcohol and alkylphenol. Polyoxyethylene type surfactant is mostly soluble in water with very wide range of applications and used as cleaning agents, penetrating agents, leveling agents and emulsifiers in many industrial sectors.
2 Polyhydric alcohol type: it is the amide type or esters type compound manufactured from the reaction between multi-hydroxyl containing compounds with fatty acid. Polyol-type nonionic surfactant has high safety, small irritant effect on the skin, so in addition to be used as the oil agent and softener of the fiber, it can also be used as emulsifiers and dispersing agents in the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry and the cosmetics industry.

Non-ionic surfactant has a high stability and is not easily affected by the acid-base or strong electrolytes. Moreover, it also has good compatibility with anionic, cationic surfactants or amphoteric surfactants and can be used in formulation.

The nonionic surfactant are not in the ionic state in the solution, thereby having high stability and being less susceptible to the effect of strong electrolyte inorganic salts as well as acid and alkalis; it has excellent compatibility with other types of surfactants and have excellent solubility (which vary depending on different structures) in both water and organic solvents.

This kind of surfactants, although not ionized in water, but contain both hydrophilic groups (e.g. oxyethylene-CH2CH2O-, ether group -O-, hydroxyl group -OH or -CONH2 amide group, etc.) and lipophilic group (e.g., hydrocarbon-R). The hydrophilic groups and lipophilic groups may respectively interact with the inorganic filler and polymer matrix material to strengthen the links between them two, thus improving the compatibility between the two and playing an effect on plasticizing and lubrication of the flexible carbon between two polar groups. Meanwhile, it can endow the system with flexibility and mobility, reducing the viscosity of the system, and thereby improving the processing properties of the composites.

The aqueous solution of nonionic surfactants has poor foaming capability with the foam being not stable as well. This is due to that each molecule of the non-ionic surfactant has relatively large surface area and the interface being in uncharged foam. Polyoxyethylene has long chain and uniform molecular weight distribution. The lipophilic group has long chain and also contains branched chain. The presence of the polyoxyethylene -polyoxypropylene copolymer both has a great impact on the foaming of the non-ionic surfactants. Owing to the presence of the polar portion and non-polar portions existing in their molecular structure, they have surface activity. Such kind of active agents can be divided into the ester type (e.g. polyoxyethylene fatty acid esters, sorbitan fatty acid esters anhydrides), ether type (e.g., polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, polyoxyethylene alkyl phenol ether), amine type (such as polyoxyethylene fatty amine), amide type (such as polyoxyethylene alkyl amide) and mixing type (such as sorbitol anhydride fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene ether). In the field of oiling, it is mainly used in foaming, emulsifying, anti-wax, anti-corrosion, retarder, production increase of oil well, intensified injection of injection wells as well as improving oil recovery and so on.

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Structure:
Chemical Name:
Polyethylene Glycol Monocetyl Ether
CAS:
9004-95-9
MF:
C56H114O21
Structure:
Chemical Name:
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOOLEYL ETHER
CAS:
9004-98-2
MF:
(C2H4O)nC18H36O
Structure:
Chemical Name:
TRILAURIN
CAS:
538-24-9
MF:
C39H74O6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Span 80
CAS:
1338-43-8
MF:
C24H44O6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Glycerol tristearate
CAS:
555-43-1
MF:
C57H110O6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Sorbitan monopalmitate
CAS:
26266-57-9
MF:
C22H42O6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
TRIOLEIN
CAS:
122-32-7
MF:
C57H104O6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Span 20
CAS:
1338-39-2
MF:
C18H34O6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose
CAS:
9004-65-3
MF:
C3H7O*
Chemical Name:
Tween 60
CAS:
9005-67-8
MF:
C64H126O26
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Polysorbate 20
CAS:
9005-64-5
MF:
C26H50O10
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Polyoxyethylene stearate
CAS:
9004-99-3
MF:
(C2H4O)nC18H36O2
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Glyceryl Monooleate
CAS:
111-03-5
MF:
C21H40O4
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Span 60
CAS:
1338-41-6
MF:
C24H46O6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Docosanamide
CAS:
3061-75-4
MF:
C22H45NO
Structure:
Chemical Name:
SORBITAN TRIOLEATE
CAS:
26266-58-0
MF:
C60H108O8
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Polyoxyethylene lauryl ether
CAS:
9002-92-0
MF:
C58H118O24
Structure:
Chemical Name:
polysorbate 40
CAS:
9005-66-7
MF:
C12H18O11
Chemical Name:
Emulsifier FM
MF:
C24H49NO4
Chemical Name:
Propyleneglycol alginate
CAS:
9005-37-2
MF:
(C9H14O70n
Structure:
Chemical Name:
GLYCEROL MONOHYDROXYSTEARATE
CAS:
1323-42-8
MF:
C21H42O5
Chemical Name:
Fatty acids, lanolin, isopropyl esters
CAS:
63393-93-1
Structure:
Chemical Name:
DECYL GLUCOSIDE
CAS:
141464-42-8
MF:
C16H32O6
Chemical Name:
Emulsifier LAE-9
MF:
RCOO(CH2CH2O)9H
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Poly(ethylene glycol) distearate
CAS:
9005-08-7
MF:
C19H40O4
Structure:
Chemical Name:
MYRISTYL MYRISTATE
CAS:
3234-85-3
MF:
C28H56O2
Structure:
Chemical Name:
SUCROSE DISTEARATE
CAS:
27195-16-0
MF:
C48H90O13
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Sorbitan sesquioleate
CAS:
8007-43-0
MF:
C66H126O16
Structure:
Chemical Name:
SORBITAN TRISTEARATE
CAS:
26658-19-5
MF:
C60H114O8
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Lauryl glucoside
CAS:
110615-47-9
MF:
C18H36O6
Chemical Name:
Fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether N=3
MF:
C12H25O(CH2CH2O)3H
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Decyl glucoside
CAS:
68515-73-1
MF:
C16H32O6
Chemical Name:
alkyl polyglucoside
Structure:
Chemical Name:
MONOCAPRYLIN
CAS:
26402-26-6
MF:
C11H22O4
Chemical Name:
alkyl phenyl polyoxyethylene ether
MF:
C35~36H64~66O10
Chemical Name:
Hydroxyethyl Cellulose
CAS:
9004-62-0
MF:
C29H52O21
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), alpha-isodecyl-omega-hydroxy-
CAS:
61827-42-7
MF:
C12H26O2
Structure:
Chemical Name:
DILAURIN
CAS:
27638-00-2
MF:
C27H52O5
Structure:
Chemical Name:
MONOMYRISTIN
CAS:
27214-38-6
MF:
C17H34O4
Structure:
Chemical Name:
DECYL OLEATE
CAS:
3687-46-5
MF:
C28H54O2
Chemical Name:
Tween 80
CAS:
9005-65-6
MF:
C24H44O6
Chemical Name:
TRIDECETH-4
CAS:
69011-36-5
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Tween 85
CAS:
9005-70-3
MF:
CH4
Structure:
Chemical Name:
NONAETHYLENE GLYCOL MONODODECYL ETHER
CAS:
3055-99-0
MF:
C30H62O10
Chemical Name:
FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER MIX C8-C22
Chemical Name:
Trimethylolpropane t
Structure:
Chemical Name:
CETYL LACTATE
CAS:
35274-05-6
MF:
C19H38O3
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Polyethylene glycol octadecyl ether
CAS:
9005-00-9
MF:
C20H42O2
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Sucrose stearate
CAS:
25168-73-4
MF:
C30H56O12
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Isooctyl palmitate
CAS:
1341-38-4
MF:
C24H48O2
Structure:
Chemical Name:
GENAPOL(R) X-080
CAS:
9043-30-5
MF:
HO(CH2CH2O)n(CH2)mH
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Pentaerythrityl tetrastearate
CAS:
115-83-3
MF:
C77H148O8
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Isopropyl myristate
CAS:
110-27-0
MF:
C17H34O2
Structure:
Chemical Name:
MONOLAURIN
CAS:
142-18-7
MF:
C15H30O4
Chemical Name:
Empilan CIS
Chemical Name:
octyl phenyl polyoxyethylene (30) ether
MF:
C74H142O31
Structure:
Chemical Name:
ACETYLATED SUCROSE DISTEARATE
CAS:
121684-92-2
Chemical Name:
dibenzyl biphenyl polyoxyethylene ether
MF:
C58H86O17
Chemical Name:
additive AC1210
MF:
C32H67O10
Chemical Name:
Emulsifier OP-40
Chemical Name:
PENTAERYTHRITOL TETRARICINOLEATE 10G [R]
Structure:
Chemical Name:
Isooctadecanoic acid, ester with 1,2,3-propanetriol
CAS:
61332-02-3
MF:
C21H42O4
Structure:
Chemical Name:
2-[bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethyl stearate
CAS:
10248-74-5
MF:
C24H49NO4
Chemical Name:
pesticide emulsifier 700^<#^>
MF:
C69H124O22
Chemical Name:
Alkyl polyglucoside
Chemical Name:
C^{8~9^} alkyl phenyl polyoxyethylene (15) ether
MF:
C44~45H82~84O16
Structure:
Chemical Name:
glycerine monostearate
MF:
C21H42O4
Chemical Name:
castor oil polyoxyethylene (90) ether
Chemical Name:
C^{12~18^} fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene (35) ether
MF:
C82~88H166~178O36
Chemical Name:
Emulsifier EL-60
Chemical Name:
OleylOleate
MF:
C36H68O2
Chemical Name:
coconut oil alcohol acylamide
Chemical Name:
castor oil poloxyethylene (30) ether
Structure:
Chemical Name:
MONOMYRISTIN
CAS:
75685-84-6
MF:
C17H34O4
Chemical Name:
C^{8~9^} alkyl phenyl polyoxyethylene (8) ether
MF:
C30~31H54~56O9
Chemical Name:
Emulsifier OP-4
MF:
RC6H4O(CH2CH2O)4H
Chemical Name:
octyl phenyl polyoxyethylene (3) ether
Structure:
Chemical Name:
ethylene glycol monostearate
MF:
C20H40O3
Structure:
Chemical Name:
HEXAETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOOCTYL ETHER
CAS:
4440-54-4
MF:
C20H42O7
Structure:
Chemical Name:
glycerine monolaurate
MF:
C15H30O4
Structure:
Chemical Name:
POE (2) OLEYL AMINE
CAS:
13127-82-7
MF:
C22H45NO2
Chemical Name:
Glycerides, coco mono-
CAS:
61789-05-7
Chemical Name:
polyoxyethylene (10) castor oil ether
Chemical Name:
Fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether O-10
MF:
C32~38H66~78O11
Chemical Name:
Glycerides, lard mono-, acetates
CAS:
68990-55-6
Structure:
Chemical Name:
1-Glyceryl caprate
CAS:
11139-88-1
MF:
C13H26O4
Chemical Name:
Emulsifier EL-40
Chemical Name:
Peregal O-25
MF:
C62~68H126~138O26
Chemical Name:
Deemulsifier SP-169
Chemical Name:
Emulsifier (S-185)
MF:
RO(CH2CH2O)nH
Chemical Name:
dodecyl polyglucoside
Chemical Name:
Additive AC1815
MF:
C48H99NO15
Chemical Name:
SUCROSE COCOATE
CAS:
91031-88-8
Chemical Name:
nonyl phenyl polyoxyethylene (9) ether
MF:
C33H60O10