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.
Provides equivalent hair conditioning to some silicones
Enhances dry and wet hair combing especially on damaged hair
Restores hair hydrophobicity
Reduces hair breakage
Improves hair alignment and manageability
Enhances silicone deposition on hair especially on damaged hair
Provides soft styling benefit (ie. curl retention) in leave-on formulations
Ease of formulation – no emulsification needed
Enables clear products
Acts as rheology modifier
Helps increase natural content of formulation
Non-GMO
Biodegradable
Global regulatory compliance
Characteristics
INCI Name: Polyquaternium-10
Ionic Character: Cationic
Appearance: White powder
Viscosity (1% aq.) cPs 3000–7000
Volatiles wt% < 6
Nitrogen wt% 1.50–2.20
Particle size, 20 mesh < 841 micron % 95–100
Ash wt% < 4
Biodegradability Inherent primary biodegradability with pre-adaptation according to OECD test(s) guidelines (reaches > 20% biodegradation in OECD test(s))
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