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SURFACTANT

Helping other ingredients that normally do not mix to dissolve or disperse in one another. Surfactants lower the surface tension of water or reduce the interfacial tension between immiscible components.

Definition provenance: European Commission CosIng ingredient-function terminology.

4574 ingredients in the EU CosIng inventory carry the SURFACTANT function designation.

Ingredients with the SURFACTANT function

Methyloxirane, polymer with oxirane, monoester with isooctadecanoic acid (18 mol EO, 18 mol PO average)

Methyloxirane, polymer with oxirane, monoester with dodecanoic acid (18 mol EO, 18 mol PO average)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (19 mol EO, 19 mol PO average molar ratio)

PEG/PPG-190/60 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 190 moles of ethylene oxide with 60 moles of propylene oxide

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (20 mol EO, 15 mol PO average molar ratio)

PEG/PPG-20/20 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 20 moles of ethylene oxide with 20 moles of propylene oxide

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (20 mol EO, 20 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, di-Me, 3-hydroxypropyl Me, ethers with polyethylene-polypropylene glycol mono-Me ether (20 mol EO, 22 mol PO avera…

CAS 125857-75-2

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (20 mol EO, 23 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (20 mol EO, 29 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (20 mol EO, 6 mol PO average molar ratio)

PEG/PPG-20/60Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 20 moles of ethylene oxide with 60moles of propylene oxide

PEG/PPG-20/65 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 20 moles of ethylene oxide with 65 moles of propylene oxide

PEG/PPG-20/9 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 20 moles of ethylene oxide with 9 moles of propylene oxide

PEG/PPG-200/40 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 200 moles of ethylene oxide with 40 moles of propylene oxide

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (22 mol EO, 23 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (22 mol EO, 24 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (23 mol EO, 6 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (25 mol EO, 25 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (27 mol EO, 27 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, di-Me, Me hydrogen, reaction products with polyethylene-polypropylene glycol monoacetate allyl ether

CAS 68037-64-9

PEG/PPG-28/30 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 28 moles of ethylene oxide with 30 moles of propylene oxide

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (3 mol EO, 10 mol PO average molar ratio)

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (30 mol EO, 10 mol PO average molar ratio)

PEG/PPG-30/160 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 30 moles of ethylene oxide with 160 moles of propylene oxide

CAS 9003-11-6 (generic)

PEG/PPG-30/35 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 30 moles of ethylene oxide with 35 moles of propylene oxide

PEG/PPG-30/55 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 30 moles of ethylene oxide with 55 moles of propylene oxide

Methyloxirane, polymer with oxirane, diester with 12-hydroxy-9(Z)-octadecenoic acid (32 mol EO, 3 mol PO average)

PEG/PPG-35/40 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 35 moles of ethylene oxide with 40 moles of propylene oxide

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (4 mol EO, 12 mol PO average molar ratio)

PEG/PPG-4/2 Propylheptyl Ether is the product formed by the reaction of 2-propylheptanol with an average of 4 moles of ethylene oxide and 2…

PEG/PPG-40/2 Propylheptyl Ether is the product formed by the reaction of 2-propylheptanol with an average of 40 moles of ethylene oxide and…

2-propylheptanol ethoxylated, propoxylated; oxirane, 2-methyl-, polymer with oxirane, mono(2-propylheptyl)ether

CAS 166736-08-9

PEG/PPG-50/40 Copolymer is the block copolymer produced by the interaction of 50 moles of ethylene oxide with 40 moles of propylene oxide

Siloxanes and silicones, dimethyl, 3-hydroxypropyl methyl, ethoxylated, propoxylated (6 mol EO, 11 mol PO average molar ratio)

These widely assigned CosIng terms provide populated comparison pages; they are not presented as semantic equivalents of the current function.

How the SURFACTANT function is used in CosIng

The SURFACTANT function is assigned by the European Commission in the CosIng ingredient inventory. This page currently lists 4574 ingredients carrying that function label in the dataset, which helps you move from a functional claim to the exact ingredients that use it.

Helping other ingredients that normally do not mix to dissolve or disperse in one another. Surfactants lower the surface tension of water or reduce the interfacial tension between immiscible components.

Function assignments come from official EU CosIng data. They describe intended cosmetic use, but they do not replace regulatory review of each linked ingredient and any annex records tied to it.