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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

Alcohols, C12-14, ethoxylated, (7 mol EO average molar ratio)

CAS 68439-50-9

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-12

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-12 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-12) is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcoho…

CAS 68131-40-8 (generic)/84133-50-6 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-15

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-15 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-15) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols w…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-20

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-20 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-20) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols w…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-3

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-3 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-3) is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols…

CAS 68131-40-8 (generic)/84133-50-6 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-30

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-30 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-30) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols w…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-40

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-40 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-40) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols w…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-5

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-5 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-5) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols wit…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-50

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-50 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-50) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols w…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-7

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-7 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-7) is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols…

CAS 68131-40-8 (generic)/84133-50-6 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-8

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-8 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-8) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols wit…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 SEC-ALKETH-9

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C12-14 Sec-Alketh-9 (Formerly C12-14 Sec-Pareth-9) is the polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 alcohols wit…

CAS 84133-50-6 (generic)/68131-40-8 (generic)

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-12 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 12 moles o…

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-15 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 15 moles o…

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-20 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 20 moles o…

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-3 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 3 moles of …

CAS 68131-40-8 (generic); 84133-50-6 (generic)

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-30 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 30 moles o…

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-40 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 40 moles o…

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-5 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 5 moles of …

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-50 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 50 moles o…

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-7 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 7 moles of …

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-8 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 8 moles of …

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-14 Sec-Pareth-9 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic secondary C12-14 fatty alcohols with an average of 9 moles of …

CAS 84133-50-6

C12-15 ALKETH-10

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C12-15 Alketh-10 (Formerly C12-15 Pareth-10) is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 alcohols with an average of 10…

CAS 106232-83-1 (generic)/68131-39-5 (generic)

C12-15 Alketh-10 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 alcohols with an average of 10 moles of ethylene oxide.

CAS 68131-39-5 (generic)/ 106232-83-1 (generic)

C12-15 Alketh-10 Phosphate (Formerly C12-15 Pareth-10 Phosphate) is a complex mixture of esters of phosphoric acid and a synthetic C12-15 e…

C12-15 ALKETH-11

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C12-15 Alketh-11 (Formerly C12-15 Pareth-11) is polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols with an average o…

CAS 106232-83-1 (generic)/68131-39-5 (generic)

C12-15 Alketh-11 is polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols with an average of 11 moles of ethylene oxide.

CAS 68131-39-5 (generic)/ 106232-83-1 (generic)

C12-15 ALKETH-12

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C12-15 Alketh-12 (Formerly C12-15 Pareth-12) is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols with an average…

CAS 106232-83-1 (generic)/68131-39-5 (generic)

C12-15 Alketh-12 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols with an average of 12 moles of ethylene oxi…

CAS 68131-39-5 (generic)/ 106232-83-1 (generic)

C12-15 Alketh-12 Carboxylic Acid (Formerly C12-15 Pareth-12 Carboxylic Acid) is the organic acid that conforms generally to the formula bel…

C12-15 ALKETH-2

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C12-15 Alketh-2 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols with an average of 2 moles of ethylene oxide.

CAS 106232-83-1 (generic)/68131-39-5 (generic)

C12-15 Alketh-2 is a polyethylene glycol ether of a mixture of synthetic C12-15 fatty alcohols with an average of 2 moles of ethylene oxide.

CAS 68131-39-5 (generic)/ 106232-83-1 (generic)

C12-15 Alketh-2 Phosphate (Formerly C12-15 Pareth-2 Phosphate) is a complex mixture of esters of phosphoric acid and C12-15 Alketh-2 (Forme…

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.