Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
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- Chemical Name
- INCI Name
- Agrochemical Functions
- Technologies
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Features & Benefits
- Benefit Claims
- HII Features
- Product Benefits
- Calsoft® AOS-40 has excellent cost performance characteristics and foam properties, along with broad pH stability, great viscosity building, and mildness properties.
- Calsoft® AOS-40 offers improved mildness over sodium lauryl sulfate. Calsoft® AOS-40 is fully compatible with other anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic surfactants.
- Calsoft® AOS-40 is on the List of Trade Names of Inert Ingredients Database.
- Calsoft® AOS-40 is approved for use as an inert ingredient in pesticide formulations for pre-harvest use and is exempt from requirement of a tolerance under 180.920 without limitation.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Application Format
- Bath & Shower Applications
- Hair Care Applications
- Home Care Applications
- I&I Cleaning Applications
- Personal Hygiene Applications
- Product Applications
Calsoft® AOS-40 is an anionic surfactant of choice for personal care and HI&I applications. Calsoft® AOS-40 offers excellent cleansing, foam characteristics, viscosity, and skin mildness to produce cost effective and high performing shampoo, body wash, hand soap, and pet care formulations. Calsoft® AOS-40 provides copious stable foam, mildness to the hands, hard water tolerance, excellent cleaning and grease cutting properties in light-duty dish liquid and heavy-duty laundry detergents. Calsoft® AOS-40 provides exceptional foam volume and cleaning characteristics in both manual and automatic car wash products.
Properties
- Appearance
- Clear pale yellow liquid (at 25°C)
- Miscible in
- Water
- Compatible with
- Other anionic, amphoteric, and nonionic surfactants
- Typical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Active Content 40 wt% - Unsulfonated Material max. 1.25 wt% - Sodium Sulfate max. 1.00 wt% - Sodium Chloride max. 1.00 wt% - Color (at 5% Active Solution, 40mm) max. 60 - Klett pH (at 10% Solution) 7.0 - 9.0 - - Viscosity (at 25°C) max. 500 cPs - Foam Height (at 25°C, 1% Active Solution, 5 Minutes) 141 mm - Foam Height (at 25°C, 1% Active Solution, Initial) 135 mm - Freeze Point 28 °F -
Regulatory & Compliance
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
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- Packaging Information
Calsoft® AOS-40 is available in 485 lb. poly drums, 2300 lb. poly totes, and bulk quantities.
Storage & Handling
- Shelf Life
- 2 years
- Storage and Handling Information
- Store in a tightly closed container.
- Do not store with strong oxidizing agents. Avoid contact with aluminum, iron, and copper. Avoid excessive heat.
- Recommended storage temperatures are 51-100°F to protect from freezing and from forming a solid gel at the bottom of containers.