EMULSIFIERS

Emulsifiers are used in cleaning formulations to incorporate noncompatible ingredients (e.g. oils into water-based formulations such as cutting fluids), and to hold soils in the cleaning liquor during the cleaning process.

CORROSION INHIBITION

Aerosols, metal cleaners, lubricants, aircraft cleaners and bathroom cleaners must often protect metallic surfaces to prevent oxidation, discolouration and corrosion.

LIME SOAP DISPERSION

Surfactants that can perform in the presence of hard water and soap precipitates are important in the formulation of effective household and industrial cleaners.

FOAM

Foam can be either a key function of a formulation or an undesirable property to be controlled or eliminated. We offer a range of surfactants: some produce copious volumes of stable foam while others create virtually none.

METALWORKNG & METAL CLEANING

Our multifunctional surfactants are used as lubricants, emulsifiers, corrosion inhibitors and wetting agents in a wide range of water and oil-based metalworking formulations.

BLEACH STABLITY & EFFICIENCY

Surfactants are used in combination with hypochlorite to build viscosity, improve wetting, and give detergency in hard surface cleaners, mold removers and drain cleaners with bleach.

WETTING

Wetting describes the contact between a cleaning solution and the surface to be cleaned. No matter how effective a cleaning solution is, if it’s not in contact with the target surface, it cannot do its job efficiently.

HIGH ELECTROLYTE CLEANERS

Industrial cleaning processes often use high concentrations of acids, alkalis or electrolytes. Surfactants increase cleaning efficiency but they must be stable under harsh conditions..