1618 alcohol

Description

A.What is cetyl alcohol ?
Cetyl Alcohol is a fatty alcohol used as an emulsifier stabilizer and opacifier, adding body and viscosity to creams and lotions,
and improving texture and feel with its characteristic velvety texture. It imparts emollient properties to formulations due to its
absorption and retention in the epidermis where it lubricates and softens the skin.
Useful in creams, lotions, and scrubs; it can also be used to increase the melt point and improve the texture of whipped butters and lotion bars.
B.Application of cetyl alcohol
Suitable for all kinds of cosmetics, as a matrix, particularly suitable for cream and emulsion;
In medicine, can be directly used in W/O emulsifying agent paste, cream base, etc.skin and hair care.
In industry is also used as a raw material for textile.
1.Function of cetyl alcohol
1.) Suitable for various cosmetics, as a base, especially suitable for creams and lotions;
2.) Hair and skin care.
3.) It is also used as a raw material for textile auxiliaries in industry.
4.) In industry, it is also used as a raw material for textile auxiliaries. Used in daily chemical, plastic, textile, pesticide,
machinery, ore flotation industries.
2.Characteristics
1.It`s vegetable based, eco-friendly, and extremely mild.
2.It can be soluble in water or ethanol.
3.It is compatible with both cationic and nonionic surfactants.
4.It is stable below 100℃.
5. Overall good chemical stability, excellent resistance to heat, light and pressure, strongly resistant to both acid and alkaline substances.
6. Excellent thickener and emulsifier with good anti-bacterial properties.

3.Applications
1.Used in shampoo and hair care formulations, as a smoothness agent of hair conditioner, hairdressing gel, shampoo and other hair care products, a kind of anti-winding material.
2.Used in fabric softener, antistatic agent of synthetic fibers, wetting agent or as thickening agent of daily chemicals.

4.Dosage
Hair conditioner: 1~2%
Hairdressing gel  : 4~5%