BIO-SOFT® N1-5

BIO-SOFT N1-5 is a C11 linear alcohol ethoxylate with a low pour point that provides fast wetting, detergency, and low to moderate foam. This product finds application in laundry detergents, textiles, paint, HI&I cleaning applications. This product meets the U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program's surfactant screen and is listed on Cleangredients.org.

  • Kosher (Certified)
  • Preservative Free

Properties

  • Category: Surfactants
  • Actives, %: 100
  • Cloud Point, °C: 18 (1% aqueous)
  • CMC, mg/l: 120.0
  • Density at 25°C, g/ml: 0.97
  • Draves Wetting at 25°C, seconds: 5
  • Flash Point, °C: >94
  • Form at 25°C: Liquid
  • Freeze Point, °C: 6
  • HLB: 11.2
  • Hydroxyl Value: 143
  • Interfacial tension, nM/M: 3.9
  • Moles of EO: 5
  • pH: 6.8 (1% aqueous)
  • Pour Point, °C: 6
  • Solids, %: 100
  • Specific Gravity at 25°C: 0.97
  • Surface Tension, mN/m: 27.1
  • Viscosity, cps: 19 (at 38°C)
  • RVOC, U.S. EPA %: 0

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Chemical Description

LINEAR ALCOHOL (C11) ETHOXYLATE, POE-5 

Chemical Group

  • Alcohol Ethoxylates

Functions

Latex Frothing Agent,Emulsifier,Adjuvant,Wetting Agents

Market

  • Agricultural Solutions
  • Emulsion Polymerization
  • Home Care
  • Industrial Products
  • Institutional and Industrial Cleaning
  • Vehicle Care

Application

  • Aircraft Cleaners
  • Bathroom Cleaners
  • Brewery Cleaners
  • Capsule Suspensions (CS)
  • Cutting Fluids
  • Dairy Cleaners
  • Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC)
  • Floor Cleaners
  • Hand Dishwashing Detergents
  • Hard Surface Cleaners - Dilutable
  • Hard Surface Cleaners - Ready to Use
  • Kitchen Cleaners
  • Latex Manufacture
  • Laundry Detergents
  • Meat Packing Plant Cleaners
  • Metalworking Cleaners
  • Microemulsions (ME)
  • Oil Dispersants (OD)
  • Oil in Water Emulsions (EW)
  • Other Institutional and Industrial Cleaning
  • Suspension Concentrates (SC)
  • Suspoemulsions (SE)
  • Tank Mix Adjuvants
  • Textile Wet Processing
  • Textile and Synthetic Fibers
  • Toilet Bowl Cleaners
  • Warewash Detergents