Product Name: Tween/Twain, Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Fatty Acid Esters

Chemical Composition: Polyoxyethylene Sorbitan Fatty Acid Esters

Synthetic Procedure: Polysorbate is made from sorbitol by three steps. First of all, sorbitol dehydrate to form the water soluble sorbitol, and the sorbitol reacts with fatty acids such as oleic acid and stearic acid to form hexose esters; finally, they react with ethylene oxide to form polysorbate.

Product Performance: This series of product are innoxious, have certain solubility in water, soluble in many organic solvent. This product has off-odor and faint bitter taste, is stable in electrolyte, weak acid and weak base, appears saponification gradually in strong acid or strong alkali, has certain moisture absorption. It is a kind of non-ionic surfactant with strong hydrophilicity, can be used for emulsification, diffusion, solubilization and stabilizer.

Application:

1.Widely used as O/W emulsifier, solubilizing agent, antistatic agent, lubricant, etc.;

2. In the textile industry as softener, antistatic agent, is a component of polyacrylonitrile spinning oil and fiber finishing softener, play a role in the elimination of static electricity and improve fiber softness and dyeing properties;

3. Used as stabilizer and foaming aid in the production of polyurethane foam plastics;

4. Used as emulsifier, oil wax agent, thickening agent, lubricating oil near the wellbore treatment agent;

5. Used as an emulsifier for mineral oil, a solvent for dyes, an emulsifier for cosmetics, a stabilizer for foam plastics, an emulsifier for pharmaceuticals, a diffuser and a stabilizer.

Company Information

GOPHER established its first factory in 1997 focusing on research and development, manufacturing and marketing of Non-ionic Surfactants and Technical Auxiliaries.
With 20 years’ dedication in creating differentiated chemicals and providing better technical solutions for our customers, GOPHER is now a multifunctional manufacturing and sourcing company specializing in chemicals for:

Cement grinding additive & Concrete admixtures: 
DEIPA (CAS NO. 6712-98-7), TIPA (CAS NO. 122-20-3),
Polycarboxylate Superplasticizer,etc.


Textile Dyeing and Finishing: 
High Temperature Leveling Agent, Dispersing Agent, Fabric 
Softener, etc. 

Daily Chemical and Cleaning Industry:
Isomeric Alcohol ethoxylates (ISO-C10/13), 
Fatty alcohol ethoxylate(AEO series),etc.

Pharmaceutical Intermediate

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