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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

Sodium C12-13 Alketh-5 Carboxylate (Formerly Sodium C12-13 Pareth-5 Carboxylate) is the sodium salt of C12-13 Alketh-5 Carboxylic Acid (For…

Sodium C12-13 Alketh-8 Carboxylate is the sodium salt of C12-13 Alketh-8 Carboxylic Acid (Formerly C12-13 Pareth-8 Carboxylic Acid). It con…

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-(carboxymethyl)-.omega.-hydroxy-, C12-13-alkyl ethers, sodium salts (11 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 68908-98-5

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-(carboxymethyl)-.omega.-hydroxy-, C12-13-alkyl ethers, sodium salts (4 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 68908-98-5

Sodium C12-14 Alketh-3 Sulfate (Formerly Sodium C12-14 Pareth-3 Sulfate) is the sodium salt of a sulfate ester of C12-14 Alketh-3 (Formerly…

Sodium C12-14 Sec-Alketh-3 Sulfate is the sodium salt of a sulfated mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols with an average ethoxyla…

CAS 125736-54-1

Sodium C12-15 Alketh Sulfate is the sodium salt of a sulfated polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols. It…

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-12 Carboxylate is the sodium salt of C12-15 Alketh-12 Carboxylic Acid (Formerly C12-15 Pareth-12 Carboxylic Acid) (q.v…

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-15 Sulfonate is the sodium sulfonate of an ethoxylated synthetic fatty alcohol. It conforms generally to the formula b…

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-3 Sulfate is the sodium salt of a sulfated polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 alcohols. It con…

CAS 125301-92-0

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-3 Sulfonate is the sodium sulfonate of an ethoxylated synthetic fatty alcohol. It conforms generally to the formula be…

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-6 Carboxylate (Formerly Sodium C12-15 Pareth-6 Carboxylate) is the sodium salt of the organic acid that conforms gener…

CAS 70632-06-3 (generic)

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-7 Carboxylate (Formerly Sodium C12-15 Pareth-7 Carboxylate) is the sodium salt of C12-15 Alketh-7 Carboxylic Acid (For…

CAS 70632-06-3 (generic)

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-7 Sulfonate is the sodium sulfonate of an ethoxylated synthetic fatty alcohol. It conforms generally to the formula be…

Sodium C12-15 Alketh-8 Carboxylate is the sodium salt of the organic acid that conforms generally to the formula below, where R represents …

Poly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), .alpha.-C12-15-alkyl-.omega.-sulfooxy-, sodium salt (1-4 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 91648-56-5

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.