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Sodium Lauryl Ether sulfate
Sodium laurethsulfate (SLES), an accepted contraction of sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), also called sodium alkylethersulfate, is an anionic detergent and surfactant found in many personal care products (soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, etc.) and for industrial uses. SLES is an inexpensive and very effective foaming agent. SLES, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), ammonium lauryl sulfate (ALS), and sodium parethsulfate are surfactants that are used in many cosmetic products for their cleaning and emulsifying properties. It is derived from palm kernel oil or coconut oil. In herbicides, it is used as a surfactant to improve absorption of the herbicidal chemicalsand reduces time the product takes to be rainfast, when enough of the herbicidal agent will be absorbed.
SLES (Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate) is a widely used surfactant in various cleaning and personal care products. It is a highly effective foaming agent and emulsifier that helps in the removal of oils and dirt. It is derived from palm kernel oil or coconut oil and is often preferred for its mildness and high compatibility with other ingredients.
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- Personal Care and Cosmetics Industry
- Application: SLES is a key ingredient in products like shampoos, body washes, facial cleansers, hand soaps, and toothpaste. It provides a rich lather, which helps emulsify oils and remove dirt from the skin and hair.
- Benefit: Produces abundant foam, improves the spreadability of products, and helps with efficient cleansing without excessive drying.
- Use: Shampoos, shower gels, liquid hand soaps, toothpaste, face washes, bubble baths.
- Household Cleaning Products
- Application: SLES is commonly used in dishwashing liquids, laundry detergents, and surface cleaners. Its powerful degreasing properties make it ideal for removing oil, grease, and stains.
- Benefit: Creates high foam, even in hard water, and effectively removes tough stains.
- Use: Dishwashing liquids, floor cleaners, multi-purpose cleaners, laundry detergents, glass cleaners.
- Industrial and Institutional Cleaners
- Application: SLES is used in industrial cleaning formulations for removing grease, oils, and dirt from surfaces in commercial and institutional settings.
- Benefit: High foaming and excellent emulsifying properties make it ideal for cleaning applications that require powerful degreasing.
- Use: Heavy-duty degreasers, car wash detergents, floor cleaners, and industrial cleaning solutions.
- Textile and Leather Processing
- Application: In the textile industry, SLES is used as a wetting agent, detergent, and emulsifier to remove oils and dirt from fibers before dyeing and finishing. It also helps in the leather processing industry to clean and soften hides.
- Benefit: Enhances fabric processing, ensuring better dye penetration and quality of the final product.
- Use: Fabric pretreatment, leather softening and cleaning, dyeing aids.
- Agriculture Industry
- Application: Used as a wetting agent and emulsifier in agrochemical formulations, such as herbicides, insecticides, and fertilizers.
- Benefit: Helps in the uniform distribution of chemicals over crops and ensures better absorption by plant surfaces.
- Use: Agricultural sprays and pesticides, fertilizer formulations, plant protection chemicals.
- Oil and Gas Industry
- Application: SLES is used as a surfactant in enhanced oil recovery processes and in formulations for cleaning oil drilling equipment.
- Benefit: Helps reduce the surface tension of oil, improving its mobility and recovery efficiency.
- Use: Enhanced oil recovery (EOR), rig cleaners, degreasers for oil and gas equipment.
- Construction and Paint Industry
- Application: SLES is used as an emulsifier in latex paints and construction additives. It helps stabilize emulsions and ensure uniform distribution of components.
- Benefit: Improves product stability and ensures smooth application of paints and coatings.
- Use: Latex paints, adhesives, coatings, and construction chemicals.
- Paper Industry
- Application: Used as a deinking agent and detergent in the paper manufacturing process. It helps in removing inks, adhesives, and contaminants from recycled paper.
- Benefit: Improves the quality of recycled paper by aiding in the cleaning process and ensuring better final product quality.
- Use: Paper recycling, pulp washing, and deinking.
- Food and Beverage Industry
- Application: SLES can be used as a cleaning agent for processing equipment in food and beverage production. It removes fats, oils, and residues from machinery, ensuring hygiene.
- Benefit: Provides thorough cleaning and sanitization in compliance with food safety standards.
- Use: Equipment cleaners, sanitizers for food and beverage production plants.
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Application: SLES is used in certain pharmaceutical formulations, particularly in topical creams and gels, where it acts as an emulsifying agent to blend ingredients.
- Benefit: Helps in stabilizing drug formulations and ensuring consistency in topical applications.
- Use: Topical ointments, gels, creams, and pharmaceutical emulsions.
Appearance | Clear to slightly yellow viscous liquid. |
Odor | characteristic odor. |
pH | Slightly Alkaline. |
Molecular Weight | 376 g/mol |
Boiling Point | NA |
Melting Point | 206°C |
Vapor Pressure | NA |
Density | 1.03–1.05 g/cm³ at 25°C |
Flash Point | Non-flammable |
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