Fatty alcohol C 12 - 14 alkylglycoside

Tomorrow's Surfactants. Surfactants based on renewable raw materials

Alkyl polyglycosides belong to the group of nonionic surfactants. Unlike conventional surfactants, such as fatty alcohol ethoxylates, the manufacture of our polyglycosides is based exclusively on renewable raw materials. By using glucose derived from corn or potato starch and natural fatty alcohols derived from renewable coconut or palm kernel oil, both the hydrophilic & hydrophobic parts of the APG molecule are based on renewable raw materials.

Registrations

 

Ingredient	CASR-No.	EINECS/ELINCS-No .	Other registrations
	110615-47-9		INCI: Lauryl Glucoside

Officially listed in / Quality conforms to

Bra Miljöval                                    approved for use in products eco-labelled “Good Environmental Choice” (in Swedish: Bra Miljöval) by the Swedish                          Society for Nature Conservation

 

Product properties

Appearance

Yellowish, slightly cloudy and viscous liquid which tends to recrystallize below 30°C.

Example of use

The foam behaviour of anionic surfactants can be positively influenced by adding alkyl polyglycosides. The foam height and foam stability of fatty alcohol sulphates can be especially improved by addition of GLUCOPON 600 CS UP at higher levels of water hardness.

For anionic surfactants that are typically thickened by electrolyte addition, combination with GLUCOPON 600 CS UP results in higher viscosity levels at lower salt concentrations. In these cases GLUCOPON 600 CS UP is a good alternative to Nitrogen containing viscosity builders such as alkanolamides.

Alkyl Polyglucosides represent a technology advantage in manufacture of mild dishwashing agents combined with excellent cleaning performance. The synergistic effects of GLUCOPON 600 CS UP with other commonly used surfactants yield a performance improvement that can be the basis for a reduction of surfactant content while maintaining the same performance level.

Processing instructions

By reducing the pH value, e.g., with citric acid to below 8.5 the cloudiness being specific for the product disappears thus also enabling the formulation of clear products. Below pH 11.5 GLUCOPON 600 CS UP is no longer sufficiently protected against microbial contamination, that means the end formulation has to be preserved in a suitable way.

For neutral aqueous solutions of GLUCOPON 600 CS UP the following preservatives are suitable:

• BRONIDOX L *1

• Bronopol

• DEHYGANT LFM *1

• Dowicil 200 *2

• Formaldehyd

• Germall II *3

• Glutaric aldehyde

• Glydant *4

• Compound 240 (dehydracitic acid) *4

• Preventol D 2 *5
• as well as relatively high quantities (> 8 %) of ethanol.

GLUCOPON 600 CS UP exhibits good wetting, cleaning and detergency  properties and is, therefore, suitable for the use in manual dishwashing formulations as well as for the manufacture of laundry detergents and a variety of cleaning products. GLUCOPON 600 CS UP is only partially water soluble. However, it can be easily solubilized by other surfactants.