BIO-SOFT® N1-9

BIO-SOFT N1-9 is a C11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a high HLB, high water solubility and high cloud point which makes it suitable for general purpose cleaning applications and fragrance solubilization. It also provides emulsification, moderate to high foam, detergency and moderate to fast wetting. This product meets the U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program's surfactant screen and is listed on Cleangredients.org.

  • Preservative Free
  • Kosher
  • Safer Choice

Properties

  • Category: Surfactants
  • Actives, %: 100
  • BCI: 0
  • Boiling Point, ºC: >100
  • Cloud Point, °C: 74 (1% aqueous)
  • Density at 25°C, g/ml: 0.95
  • Draves Wetting at 25°C, seconds: 12
  • Flash Point, °C: >94
  • Form at 25°C: Paste
  • HLB: 13.9
  • Hydroxyl Value: 102
  • Interfacial tension, nM/M: 6.3
  • ISO 16128 NOI: 0.0
  • Moles of EO: 9
  • Pour Point, °C: 18
  • Solids, %: 100
  • Specific Gravity at 25°C: 0.95
  • Surface Tension, mN/m: 30.6
  • Viscosity at 25°C, cps: 290
  • Viscosity, cps: 31 (at 38°C)
  • RVOC, U.S. EPA %: 0

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Chemical Description

LINEAR ALCOHOL (C11) ETHOXYLATE, POE-9  

Chemical Group

  • Alkoxylates
  • Ethoxylates
  • Nonionic Surfactants
  • Alcohol Ethoxylates

Functions

Emulsifier, Latex Frothing Agent, Adjuvant, Wetting Agents

Market

  • Emulsion Polymerization
  • Home Care
  • Industrial Products
  • Institutional and Industrial Cleaning
  • Vehicle Care
  • Agricultural Solutions

Application

  • Automatic Dishwashing Detergents
  • Bathroom Cleaners
  • Brewery Cleaners
  • Capsule Suspensions (CS)
  • Carwash - Automatic
  • Carwash - Hand
  • Cutting Fluids
  • Dairy Cleaners
  • Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC)
  • Floor Cleaners
  • Hand Dishwashing Detergents
  • Hard Surface Cleaners - Dilutable
  • Hard Surface Cleaners - Ready to Use
  • Kitchen Cleaners
  • Latex Manufacture
  • Laundry Detergents
  • Meat Packing Plant Cleaners
  • Metalworking Cleaners
  • Microemulsions (ME)
  • Oil Dispersants (OD)
  • Oil in Water Emulsions (EW)
  • Other Institutional and Industrial Cleaning
  • Suspension Concentrates (SC)
  • Suspoemulsions (SE)
  • Tank Mix Adjuvants
  • Textile and Synthetic Fibers
  • Toilet Bowl Cleaners
  • Warewash Detergents
  • Aircraft Cleaners