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POLYOX™ Water Soluble Resins are nonionic polymers that deliver sensory enhancement to a range of personal care products A water soluble additive designed to enhance the density and fullness of the foam in shampoos, body washes and liquid soaps. It does synergistically enhance conditioning of dry and wet hair and skin in formulations containing cationic conditioning polymers.
Univar Solutions is proud to carry Dow’s complete line of CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ Polyethylene Glycols. Dow’s fully integrated global supply chain combined with Univar Solutions’ vast network of facilities and private fleet provides you with reliable sourcing of this critical excipient. CARBOWAX™ SENTRY™ PEGs meet the compendial requirements of the US Pharmacopeia & National Formulary (USP/NF) monographs_, and additional specifications or testing can be added to the product’s Certificate of Analysis (COA) upon request.
Acusol™ dispersants from Dow Chemical are acrylic acid homo-polymer, acrylate co-polymer, and modified acrylate chemistries designed to prevent scale formation and fabric encrustation. They come in a variety of forms for different detergent bases. Additionally, Acusol™ dispersants prevent clay and oil redeposition, enhance soil removal, scatter inorganic particles and pigments, sequester polyvalent metal ions, and assist in the preparation of high solids, low viscosity inorganic slurries.
Dow Chemical's AcusolTM products are effective rheology modifiers based on ASE (Alkali Soluble Emulsion), HASE (Hydrophobically-modified Alkali Soluble Emulsion) and HEUR (Hydrophobically-modified Ethoxylated Urethane) chemistry. With many grades to choose from, they have a viscosity range from 10 to 11,000 cP. They are used in fabric softeners, high-alkaline laundry liquids, household laundry detergents and dishwashing detergents.
Dow Chemical's Acusol™ products are effective rheology modifiers based on ASE (Alkali Soluble Emulsion), HASE (Hydrophobically-modified Alkali Soluble Emulsion) and HEUR (Hydrophobically-modified Ethoxylated Urethane) chemistry. They are used in abrasive cleaners, floor cleaners, hard-surface cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners, oven and grill cleaners. They have a viscosity range from 10 to 11,000 cP. All AcusolTM grades are available in a liquid form to provide ease of use, no dusting/non-hygroscopic with no preparation required.
Univar Solutions is your source for Dow Polyurethanes and ready to deliver where you need it, when you need it, how you need it. Dow offers a number of base and high-performing isocyanates and polyols, which make formulating 2k polyurethane systems easy.
ECOSURF™ EH Specialty Surfactants are a proven line of biodegradable, nonionic surfactants with low aquatic toxicity that provides flexibility for multifunctional formulations that meet or exceed regulatory requirements for industrial and consumer cleaning products.
EcoSense™ Surfactants are a family of naturally sourced, readily biodegradable surfactants from Dow. They have been specially developed to help create end-use formulations that offer optimum performance with excellent sensory appeal.
High-performance, nonionic surfactants for defoaming, wetting and emulsifying. TERGITOL™ Surfactants deliver low foam, excellent solvency, chemical stability and reliable formulation performance in machine dishwashing/rinse aids,metal cleaning, water treatment, hard surface cleaning, and variety of other applications.
UCON™ base stock fluids are used in a variety of industrial lubricant applications and metalworking fluids. Offered in a wide range of molecular weights and options for either your water soluble, water insoluble or oil based applications. These products offer a broad array of properties.
Versatile, multifunctional sensory enhancers with a proven safety profile and low D4/D5 content to meet your regulatory requirements. Dow offers a wide range of Silicone Elastomers to enhance your next skin care formulation.
Univar Solutions CASE is your source for rheology modifiers, dispersants, and opaque polymers designed to improve ease of application and enhance dry film performance. Dow solutions improve hiding, flow, UV resistance, and stability.
Univar Solutions is your source for acrylic emulsion polymers and resins designed for Building and Construction, Paints and Coatings, Textiles, Nonwovens and Graphic Arts applications.
From footwear to mattresses, automotive interiors to rigid foam insulation used in refrigerators and construction, these essential additives allow you to optimize your system, solve problems and develop innovative products for your customers.
Derived from plant-based materials and mild to the skin, Dow TRITON™ CG-425 Alkyl Polyglucoside Surfactant has been developed for a range of all-purpose household and industrial cleaners to offer a variety of desirable end-use benefits.
Dow ACUMER™ polyacrylate water-soluble scale inhibitors can help prevent the formation of scale in recirculating cooling systems, boilers, and evaporators. ACUMER™ polymers can keep salts dispersed to prevent deposition and can modify the structure to make scale less tenacious and durable. ACUMER™ products are effective on particulate matter containing calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, calcium phosphate, silica and silicate, silt and iron, reducing their adhesion to heat transfer surfaces.
This innovative silicone polyether microemulsion can be used in standard, sulfate-free and clear shampoos, as well as leave-in conditioners, to deliver a unique combination of protection benefits without sacrificing hair volume.
UCARE™ Extreme Polymer is a bio-derived and biodegradable cationic cellulosic polymer that can be used as principal conditioning agent or in combination with other conditioning ingredients in conditioners, leave-on products and shampoos.
ECOSURF™ LFE-635 exhibits excellent cleaning and degreasing of hard surfaces compared to industry benchmarks. It is CleanGredient certified and compatible with a wide range of nonionic, anionic and cationic formulations. ECOSURF™ LFE-635 is a liquid surfactant with excellent handling properties.
As part of a high-performance portfolio, SoftCAT™ SX-1300X conditioning polymer is recommended for strong to extra-strong conditioning formulations and for hair types that need extra conditioning such as extremely curly and frizzy types. In some formulations, it outperforms cationic guar in deposition of actives such as silicones. It is recommended for use in shampoos with or without silicones.
SoftCAT™ SK-MH by Dow enhances deposition of fragrance, oils and other beneficial agents from a variety of skin cleansing formulations. SoftCAT™ SK-MH enables clear formulations and aids in foaming.
The TERGITOL ™ R series surfactants are a readily biodegradable ethylene oxide / propylene oxide copolymer that delivers low foam, excellent solvency, chemical stability and reliable formulation performance in a variety of processes such as cleaning, paper processing, water treatment, and metal working fluids. It is readily miscible in water and can be used in combination with other surfactants in a wide range of aqueous formulations.
The TERGITOL ™ R series surfactants are a readily biodegradable ethylene oxide / propylene oxide copolymer that delivers low foam, excellent solvency, chemical stability and reliable formulation performance in a variety of processes such as cleaning, paper processing, water treatment, and metal working fluids. It is readily miscible in water and can be used in combination with other surfactants in a wide range of aqueous formulations.
TERGITOL ™ P Series Surfactants are particularly effective where defoaming and wetting properties are required. This nonionic surfactant offers features performance across a wide variety of industrial and institutional applications.
TERGITOL ™ P Series Surfactants are particularly effective where defoaming and wetting properties are required. This nonionic surfactant offers features performance across a wide variety of industrial and institutional applications.
DOWSIL™ EP-9215 Cosmetic Powder is a hard white elastomeric silicone powder that provides a silky and powdery skin feel, along with oil and sebum absorption. It also improves color intensity and coverage in pressed powder formulations.
DOWSIL™ EP-9610 Cosmetic Powder offers the best of both worlds – softness with less agglomeration. A soft powder that provides unique smooth, bouncy and silky feel with optical effect and sebum control with easy processing for Color Cosmetics and Skin Care products.
SunSpheres™ BIO SPF Booster is a biobased SPF booster from Dow made through the process of acid hydrolysis of wood pulp. This innovative new product works by a light scattering mechanism that offers effective UV scattering attributed to its high refractive index due to its high crystallinity, crystal size and agglomerate size.
Whether you want to launch a new hair care brand or improve the conditioning performance of a shampoo, leave-in product, rinse-off conditioner or colorant – HydroxySHIELD™ Polymer is built for this. The brand-new polymer provides a shield of multi-functional benefits protecting hair from heat, color and damage. HydroxySHIELD™ Polymer allows you to offer consumers high-performing hair care products that deliver healthy hair that improves with each step of the hair care routine.
SoftCAT™ Polymer SL-100 is a hydrophobically-modified cationic conditioning polymer for outstanding softness, smoothness and manageability in wet and dry hair. The extra conditioning benefits don’t cause build-up, and SoftCAT™ Polymer SL-100 is recommended for 2-in-1 shampoos, daily use shampoos and conditioners for normal or chemically treated hair. SoftCAT™ Polymers are based on a cellulosic backbone derived from natural renewable wood and/or cotton sources.
Don't let a low pH affect suspending properties and transparence When it comes to personal cleansing products, consumers want to see bubbles and beads, assuring them a buoyant, effective product for the best clean possible. Formulators need a product that delivers excellent suspension, while at the same time enabling crystal clear formulations.
An efficient thickener for a wide range of formulations ACULYN™ 88 Rheology Modifier is an anionic hydrophobically modified alkali-soluble acrylic polymer emulsion (HASE) that is lightly crosslinked with unusually high aqueous thickening and stabilizing efficiency. This thickener is a liquid, cold-processable product that instantaneously thickens upon neutralization providing ease of handling and increased manufacturing efficiency.
High aqueous thickening and stabilizing for cleaning formulations From glass cleaners to liquid laundry detergents to oven cleaners, ACUSOL™ 820 Rheology Modifier/Stabilizer is very cost-effective and provides unusually high aqueous thickening and stabilizing properties. When neutralized to a pH above 7, ACUSOL™ 820 Rheology Modifier/Stabilizer allows viscosity build of various formulations, offering savings in production time that cannot be matched by carbomer or cellulosic thickener
Polymer improves long term stability of cleaning formulations ACUSOL™ PRO is an anionically charged, water soluble polymer that enables the formulator to develop streak-free, hard surface cleaners that provide for superior grease removal, and make next-time cleaning easier, without contributing to build-up. ACUSOL PRO can easily be incorporated into the formula and is particularly suitable for neutral and alkaline cleaners such as all-purpose, kitchen, and floor cleaner/degreasers when incorporated at typical levels of 0.5–1.0% active. It may also be used as a hydrotrope, as it can stabilize mixes of otherwise incompatible surfactants, solvents, or other adjuvants, allowing the preparation of more concentrated formulations with greater formulation flexibility. It is stable in trigger spray formulations containing hypochlorite bleach or quaternary disinfectant.
CELLOSIZE™ Texture Thickeners are nonionic water-soluble cellulosic polymers which provide thickening in a wide range of applications. CELLOSIZE™ Texture Thickeners also exhibit foam enhancement properties in cleansing applications. CELLOSIZE™ Texture are methoxy and hydroxypropyl substituted cellulosic polymers that are supplied as white powders. The ratio of methoxy to hydroxypropyl largely determines the properties of the different product grades.
An alkylmethyl siloxane copolyol designed to prepare stable water-in-oil emulsions DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid is a liquid alkylmethyl silicone polyether copolymer. Its primary function is to produce water-in-oil emulsions with a low to medium polarity oil phase. Products made with DOWSIL™ 5200 Formulation Aid bridge the gap between oil-in-water and water-in-oil systems, delivering the benefits of protection, water resistance and elegance attributed to water-in-oil formulations but without the greasiness and heaviness of typical water-in-oil systems.
Oil-loaded silicone elastomer powder capable of providing a rich and moist sensory textureDOWSIL™ EP-9608 Cosmetic Powder is a particularly soft, oil-loaded silicone elastomer powder capable of providing a rich and moist sensory texture, dispersing easily and with less agglomeration. Its translucent appearance helps naturally hide pores and provides excellent affinity to skin. In addition, DOWSIL™ EP-9608 Cosmetic Powder supports low viscosity emulsion formulations, its low thickening effect providing a fresh sensory feel.
Differentiate your formulations Seeking a product that helps set both your hair and skin formulations apart from the competition? Experience DOWSIL™ HMW 2220 Non-Ionic Emulsion for skin, hair and body care formulations. A 61 percent nonionic emulsion of a high molecular weight divinyldimethicone / dimethicone copolymer for use in skincare, suncare, shower gel, color cosmetic, and hair care applications
A wax which melts on contact with the skin DOWSIL™ 2503 Cosmetic Wax is an alkylmethylsiloxane wax which melts on contact with skin and provides moisturizing benefits. It is a true hybrid of hydrocarbon and siloxane chemistry and is compatible with many organic ingredients.
DOWSIL™ 2511 Cosmetic Wax is a water dispersible silicone glycol copolymer wax with a low melting point. It is water soluble, and also compatible with alcohol. DOWSIL™ 2511 melts on contact with the skin for increased moisturization and humectancy. In formulations, it can aid in reducing tackiness, and also offers foam boosting properties.
Expect intense color cosmetics and luxurious skin care products that mask wrinkles and give skin a silky, powdery feel using Dow brand elastomer powders. The options are plentiful with DOWSIL™ 9701 Cosmetic Powder. This elastomer powder with silica treated coating can be used in a variety of formulations without extreme processes or equipment.
Dow works with experts in almost every industry to help solve materials science challenges that prevent companies from growing and becoming more sustainable.
For more than a century since its founding in 1897, Dow has pioneered commercial success as an industry-leading materials science company. Today, Dow’s portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure and consumer care.
Dow combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The company’s ambition is to become the most innovative, customer centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company. Dow’s ability to innovate at the intersection of chemistry, engineering and material science has brought solutions that differentiate its customers while positively impacting the world. These include lightweight carbon fibers for cars, technology to more efficiently produce cleaner water and packaging solutions that help make food safer and stay fresh longer.
To make it easier than ever to share Dow’s technology and innovation with customers around the world, the company built a more user-centric dow.com. Whether you’ve worked with Dow Packaging, Dow Consumer Solutions, Dow Polyurethanes or Dow Industrial Solutions in the past, you can find all product and contact information in the same place. Every Dow business is under one roof – and on one website.
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