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Surfactants

Surfactants, short for surface-active agents, are chemical compounds that lower the surface tension between two substances, such as a liquid and a solid or a liquid and a gas. 


Surface-active agents, or surfactants, are essential to formulating cosmetics, detergents, and soaps. Surfactants have hydrophilic (water-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repelling) properties, enabling them to disperse, emulsify, and stabilize mixtures of immiscible substances like oil and water.
 
Univar Solutions offers a broad range of anionic surface-active agents and amphoteric, cationic, and nonionic surfactants from industry-leading surfactant manufacturers. We are your one-stop shop for quality surfactants to meet your formulation needs. With purity, safety, and efficiency to consider, you can trust the quality of our surfactants and rely on us as your partner for accurate, on-time service and supply chain expertise.
 
Our surfactant specialists can help you formulate innovative products, meet new regulatory requirements, resolve formulation or supply challenges, and improve the formulated product cost. We are here to serve as your partner delivering what you need, when you need it, and at the best economics. Find your surfactant manufacturing products here.

Surfactants, short for surface-active agents, are chemical compounds that lower the surface tension between two substances, such as a liquid and a solid or a liquid and a gas. 


Surface-active agents, or surfactants, are essential to formulating cosmetics, detergents, and soaps. Surfactants have hydrophilic (water-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repelling) properties, enabling them to disperse, emulsify, and stabilize mixtures of immiscible substances like oil and water.
 
Univar Solutions offers a broad range of anionic surface-active agents and amphoteric, cationic, and nonionic surfactants from industry-leading surfactant manufacturers. We are your one-stop shop for quality surfactants to meet your formulation needs. With purity, safety, and efficiency to consider, you can trust the quality of our surfactants and rely on us as your partner for accurate, on-time service and supply chain expertise.
 
Our surfactant specialists can help you formulate innovative products, meet new regulatory requirements, resolve formulation or supply challenges, and improve the formulated product cost. We are here to serve as your partner delivering what you need, when you need it, and at the best economics. Find your surfactant manufacturing products here.
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Types of Surfactants
  1. Amphoterics 8 items
  2. Anionics 48 items
  3. Blended Surfactants 2 items
  4. Cationics 148 items
  5. Nonionics 120 items
Package
  1. Bag 9 items
  2. Box 2 items
  3. Bulk 17 items
  4. Drum 248 items
  5. IBC 45 items
  6. Pail 10 items
Sustainability Characteristics
Circular materials 3 items
Environmental accreditation 39 items
Natural or bio-based 24 items
Social impact accreditation 1 item
Supplier
  1. ABITEC 2 items
  2. ACID PRODUCTS CO INC 1 item
  3. BYK-Chemie GmbH 1 item
  4. Caflon Branded Surfactants 20 items
  5. Carus Chemical Co 1 item
  6. CLARIANT 17 items
  7. Dow Inc. 79 items
  8. Indorama - Surfactants 1 item
  9. MISSISSIPPI LIME COM 1 item
  10. NEASE CORP 2 items
  11. NOURYON 20 items
  12. PILOT CHEMICAL 27 items
  13. Pmc Ouvrie 2 items
  14. SASOL 2 items
  15. SOLVAY 78 items
  16. STEPAN COMPANY 4 items
  17. Syensqo 65 items
  18. Univar Solutions 3 items
  19. Verdant Specialty 3 items
Industry
  1. Beauty & Personal Care 2 items
  2. Homecare & Industrial Cleaning 47 items
Application
  1. Cleansing 2 items
  2. Hair Care 2 items
  3. Skin Care 2 items
Certification
  1. NSF 1 item
Grade
  1. Technical 330 items
Form
  1. Crystal 1 item
  2. Fine Powder 2 items
  3. Flake 6 items
  4. Granular 1 item
  5. Liquid 303 items
  6. Paste 3 items
  7. Powder 7 items
  8. Semi-solid 3 items
  9. Solid 5 items

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  1. Caflon
  2. Bulk containter of Caflon® LAO MBSC
  3. Caflon® NP-4
  4. Caflon® NP-4
  5. Caflon® NP-6
  6. Caflon® NP-6
  7. CALBLEND CLEAR, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  8. CALBLEND ECO 1, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
  9. CALBLEND ECO 1, Technical Grade, Liquid, IBC
  10. Calfax® DB-45
  11. Calfax®10L-45
  12. CALFOAM ALS 30, Technical Grade, Liquid, Drum
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