Surfactants
General information
Surfactants are a core and reliable component in almost every chemical formulation, helping to achieve stable performance under conditions ranging from the most extreme to the mildest. Familiar benefits such as wetting, emulsifying, reducing surface tension, cleaning, dispersing, stabilizing or defoaming, and excellent rinsing ability make surfactants an economical choice for enhancing the performance of formulations in various applications and markets. Superior stability in acidic and alkaline environments, resistance to hard water, and high thermal stability allow our surfactants to deliver outstanding performance in harsh environments.
Cationic and fatty amine surfactants
The product portfolio includes a wide range of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines from C8 to C22, as well as fatty amine derivatives, primarily sourced from natural raw materials.
The protonation, alkylation, and ethoxylation processes further expand the product range to meet the needs of cationic surfactant users, including chemical intermediates, essential additives in treatment processes, and functional ingredients in various formulations and applications. Cationic surfactants offer emulsifying, foaming, wetting, and thickening properties. Their surface-modifying capabilities provide benefits such as softening, corrosion inhibition, adhesion enhancement, antistatic properties, lubrication, and water repellency.
The complex formation between cationic surfactants and poorly water-soluble anionic species results in coagulation, ion exchange, and decolorization, widely utilized in fields such as water treatment, sugar refining, and organoclay production.
Key Products: ACD™, Adsee®, Ampholak®, Amphoteen®, Armac®, Armacflote®, Armeen®
Anionic surfactants
Used alone or as part of an optimized system, non-ionic surfactants act as the “secret ingredient” to achieve exceptional performance in formulations.
Non-ionic surfactants can be a powerful and versatile addition to the formulator’s toolkit. With a variety of chemical building blocks, the balance can be adjusted to create a product with higher hydrophilic or hydrophobic properties, thereby modifying the surfactant’s functional characteristics to deliver significant performance benefits across diverse applications.
Since they are uncharged, non-ionic surfactants are compatible with both cationic and anionic surfactants, as well as other key ingredients commonly used in formulations. This makes them ideal for developing mixed systems where each component contributes to optimal results. Functions that can be enhanced by using the right non-ionic surfactant include detergency, wetting, emulsification, foam stabilization or defoaming, thickening, and solubilization.
Key Products: Agrilan®, Alcosperse®, Armolube™, Armac®, Atrac®
Non-ionic surfactants
The product line is highly reliable in providing stable performance of anionic surfactants across all environments, from the harshest to the mildest conditions.
Anionic surfactants are a fundamental component in formulation. Familiar benefits, such as wetting, foaming, surface tension reduction, detergency, dispersing, and excellent rinseability, make anionic surfactants a cost-effective choice to boost formulation performance across various applications and end markets.
Exceptional stability in acidic and alkaline environments, hard water tolerance, and high-temperature stability allow anionic surfactants to deliver outstanding results in harsh environments where other classes of surfactants struggle to perform.
Key Products: Berol®, Adsee®, AG™, Agrilan®, Amadol™, Armoclean®, Armolube®