Name: Alcohol Ethoxylates (AE): The Versatile Non-Ionic Surfactant for Modern Formulations
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Alcohol Ethoxylates (AE): The Versatile Non-Ionic Surfactant for Modern Formulations

Alcohol Ethoxylates (AE) represent a fundamental class of non-ionic surfactants synthesized via the ethoxylation of linear or branched fatty alcohols. These alcohols may be derived from natural sources like coconut or palm kernel oil, or from petrochemical feedstocks. The molecular structure consists of a hydrophobic alkyl chain and a hydrophilic polyoxyethylene (EO) chain. This unique architecture allows for precise customization of performance characteristics by varying the carbon chain length and the degree of ethoxylation, making AEs one of the most adaptable workhorses in surfactant chemistry for household, industrial, and personal care applications.

Description

Basic Info.

Model NO.

AEO-7

EINECS

500-195-7

Classification

Natural Fatty Alcohols

Appearance

Liquid

Type

Natural Fatty Alcohols

Hydroxyl No.

Monohydroxy

Transport Package

Plastic Drum

Specification

200L

Trademark

FOAMIX

Origin

China

HS Code

34024200

Production Capacity

20, 000tons/Year

Product Description

Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylate is a nonionic surfactant developed as an eco-friendly replacement for the NP series in the detergent and textile industries. In general, Alkyl Ethoxylates series have outstanding features of wetting, dispersing, emulsifying, penetrating, and cleaning, so It has a wide range of applications in civil detergent, chemical fiber oil agent, leather, pesticide, electroplating and cosmetics areas.

PRIMARY ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE(AEO-7 AEO-9)
Type	Appearance	Color,Hazen	Moisture(1%)	PH Value (1%A.M.25ºC )	Cloud PointºC (1%A.M.)	Hydroxyl Value gKOH/g	Acid Value mgKOH/g	PEG%
AEO7	Colorless or light yellow transparent liquid	≤50	≤0.3	6.0-7.5	53-59	103-121	/	≤1.0
AEO9	Colorless liquid or milky white paste	≤35	≤0.1	6.0-7.5	63ºC-85ºC	91-100	/	≤3.0

AEO-7 has the properties of decontamination, defatting and shrinkage, wetting and so on. Active substance used in the formulation of household and industrial detergents; Emulsifier, fluting agent and degreaser for textile industry. It is also used as an emulsifier in cosmetics and ointment production. In addition, synthetic fiber, textile printing and dyeing, paper making, metal processing process can also be used as a cleaning agent combination.

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