SLES
SLES is a viscous and clear liquid that is an anionic detergent and surfactant found in many personal care products. These products include soap, shampoo, toothpaste, body wash and many other products where you would expect to see foam. Texapon is an inexpensive and highly effective foaming agent. This substance reduces the surface tension of water and acts as a dispersing agent to mix the components of aromatic oils and body sprays well. The chemical formula of Texapon is CH3(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)nOSO3Na.
SLES industrial production
On an industrial scale, SLES is widely obtained by ethoxylation of dodecanol alcohol (C12H26O). Next, the resulting ethoxylate is sulfonated and neutralized by turning into sodium salt. Like other fatty alcohol sulfates (alcohols with long carbon chains) and fatty alcohol ether sulfates, Texapon molecules also contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic functional groups that give these materials active surface properties.
Storage conditions
Store in tightly closed plastic or stainless steel packages at a temperature between 5 and 40 degrees Celsius. Do not store near strong oxidizing reagents that can aggravate the fire situation. The useful life of this material is one year and it is better to keep it away from moisture. In the case of Texapon N70, the temperature can be raised up to 50 °C for a short time without damaging the product quality for easier transportation. But for long-term storage, it should be placed at lower temperatures to prevent any kind of destruction.
To raise the temperature, it is recommended to use the hot water system up to a maximum temperature of 60 degrees and under no circumstances use compressed steam to raise the temperature, which can lead to irreparable damage. It may occur during storage and transportation. And it is possible to observe slight separations that disappear by stirring the material.
SLES Uses
SLES is found in most commercial detergents such as dishwashing liquid and industrial cleaners (car washes and salt-based floor cleaners and oil removers) and in more than 90% of hygiene and body and head cleaning products such as toothpaste, soap, shampoo, cream and lotion. Whether in liquid or non-liquid form, it is used to remove fat as a foaming, cleaning and emulsifying agent for sticky substances, and it is one of the basic cosmetic and pharmaceutical ingredients.
Texapon is used as an activator along with the exfoliant in health products that are in the form of an exfoliant. By using this material, it is possible to achieve the desired result easily without the need for heating and stirring at high speed by adding other items depending on the formulation.