Product Details
Carbomer 940: The Premier Clear Gel Thickener In White Powder Form
For Exquisite Hair Styling Gel Creations - Emerges As A Top-Notch
Choice For Formulating High-Quality Hair Styling Gels
Common information:
- The main function of carbomer is to increase the viscosity of its
products.
- It usually works in a neutral and constant environment, but once
this environment is broken, the Ph value becomes acidic, and the
viscosity of carbomer decreases, or even directly diluted.
- So cosmetics manufacturers will have a bias, if it is more acidic
ingredients, carbomer is basically not too much use.
Basic properties:
- Carbomer 940 is a white, loose powder with high thickening
properties, high transparency, medium viscosity, excellent
suspension, easy dispersion, high ion resistance and shear
resistance.
- It has high electrolyte resistance, high transparency and is
suitable for formulations containing certain surfactant.
- It is specially designed for thickening of surfactant systems. This
"easily dispersed" cross-linked polyacrylate copolymer is processed
in a cosolvent system with toxicological advantages, resulting in
excellent thickening efficiency, suspension capacity, long viscous
flow properties, and crystal transparency in the gel system.
Because of the low viscosity of the dispersion before
neutralization, it is designed to reduce the effect of caking on
the dispersion in water and to make it easier to pump and handle.
- Therefore, it is easier to prepare aqueous dispersion of Carbomer
940 in the case of high polymer solid content.
Suggested applications:
- Transparent gel
- Water alcohol gel
- Surfactant system (special shampoos, cleaning products, etc)
- A system with high electrolyte content (Aloe vera gel),etc.
Using Tips:
- After carbomer completely dissolves water, it needs to add alkaline
substances to neutralize to achieve good results, such as
triethanolamine, sodium hydroxide and so on.
Application:
- Skin lotion or cream
- Clear skin gel and hair styling gel
- Shower gel
- Body scrub
Advice:
- Recommended usage is 0.2~ 1.5wt %, while stirring the polymer
evenly scattered in the medium, but to avoid agglomeration, fully
stirred to disperse, and to pH 7.0~10 polymer has ideal thickening
performance, after neutralization should avoid high-speed shear or
stirring to reduce viscosity loss.