Arquad 2C 75 is particularly noted for its use as a high-performance car rinse aid, enhancing drying and reducing streaking in the final rinse of vehicles. Its cationic nature and multiple functional roles make it effective across various industrial and household cleaning applications, as well as in formulations requiring corrosion inhibition, dispersion, and emulsification properties.

Chemical Name: Cocoalkylmethyl[polyoxyethylene (15)] ammonium chloride

Chemical Family: Quaternary Ammonium Compounds

Applicable Processes: Matrix Stimulation, Pigment Dispersion

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Identification & Functionality

Features & Benefits

HII Features
Key Properties
  • Car care additive rinse aid
  • Remains liquid to cool temperatures
  • Easy dosing into aqueous rinse water
  • Surfactant from renewable bio-based raw materials
  • High activity ingredient 75% active
Product Benefits

Functional benefits for car-care consumer

  • Rapid vehicle drying time
  • Enhanced vehicle shine
  • Beading of water, easily removed with blown air
  • Low streak and spotting formulation
  • Based on natural vegetable-based surfactant sources
     

Functional benefits to vehicle wash owner

  • Low-temperature stability and pumpability
  • Easy dilution in water
  • Bio-based high renewable carbon index

Applications & Uses

Properties

Physical Form
Dispersible in
5% Water
Characteristics
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Flash Point23°C-
HLB Value17-Davies Scale 0-40
Initial Boiling Point (at 760 mm Hg)80°C-
Melting Point-16°C-
Pour Point-23°C-
Specific Gravity (at 14°C)0.882g/cm³
Specific Gravity (at 25°C)0.871g/cm³
Specific Gravity (at 38°C)0.857g/cm³
Vapor Pressure (at 20°C)44mm Hg-
Viscosity (at 38°C)430cP
Specifications
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Color0 - 3-Gardner
pH6 - 9--
Active Content74 - 77%-
Free Amine & Amine Saltmax. 1.5%-

Technical Details & Test Data

Premium Shine and Cleaning Performance Data

Arquad 2C-75 delivers fast dry time, premium shine, and cleaning performance

Drop test to show the effect of treating a surface with premium one-step solvent-based car rinse

Water droplets were placed onto the treated glass surface to illustrate the effect of premium one-step treatment as a proxy for a car surface. Test illustrates enhanced water beading on surfaces treated with the rinse aid diluted 1:5 for treatment of glass.

Untreated glass surface (control) Water sprayed on the untreated glass surface Contact angle: untreated glass 19.5°
Arquad 2C 75 - Premium Shine and Cleaning Performance Data - 1


Treated glass surface with car rinse aid Water sprayed after glass surface was rinsed with the premium solvent base car rinse Contact angle: treated glass 43.9°
Arquad 2C 75 - Premium Shine and Cleaning Performance Data - 1
 

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