BIO-SOFT® N91-8

BIO-SOFT N91-8 is a C9-11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with an HLB of 13.9. Its high HLB makes it suitable for use in oil-in-water formulations. It provides fast wetting and high foam. BIO-SOFT N91-8 can also be used in high-temperature cleaning due to its high cloud point. This product finds application in laundry detergents, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, and institutional and industrial cleaning applications. This product meets the U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program's surfactant screen and is listed on Cleangredients.org.

  • Preservative Free
  • Readily Biodegradable
  • Kosher
  • Safer Choice

Properties

  • Category: Surfactants
  • Actives, %: 100
  • BCI: 0
  • Cloud Point, °C: 81 (1% aqueous)
  • Density at 25°C, g/ml: 0.99
  • Draves Wetting at 25°C, seconds: 10
  • Flash Point, °C: >94
  • Form at 25°C: Liquid
  • HLB: 13.9
  • Hydroxyl Value: 106
  • Interfacial tension, nM/M: 4.4
  • ISO 16128 NOI: 0.0
  • Moles of EO: 8
  • Pour Point, °C: 15
  • Solids, %: 100
  • Specific Gravity at 25°C: 0.99
  • Surface Tension, mN/m: 31.1
  • Viscosity at 25°C, cps: 77
  • RVOC, U.S. EPA %: 0

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Chemical Description

LINEAR ALCOHOL (C9-11) ETHOXYLATE, POE-8

Chemical Group

  • Alcohol Ethoxylates
  • Alkoxylates
  • Ethoxylates
  • Nonionic Surfactants

Functions

Adjuvant, Emulsifier, Latex Frothing Agent, Wetting Agents

Market

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

Application

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