Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (Texapon)

Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES)

Sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES), also known as Texapon.

TEXAPON like LABSA is widely used in the manufacture of personal care products such as detergents, soaps, shampoos, and toothpaste.

It Is an anionic surfactant with CH3(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)nOSO3Na chemical formula that is matchable with both fat and water.

Apart from sodium lauryl sulfate (SLES), ammonium lauryl ether sulfate and sodium are widely used as surfactants in the production of cosmetic products. Shanghai Chemex company provides this chemical in high quality.

Some Properties of these materials

• Foaming agent
• Cleaning and emulsifying agent
• Surfactants

Chemical and Physical properties of SLES

Texapon or Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES) applications

• Applications
  • One of the important uses of this substance as a detergent is a wide range of products such as creams, lotions, soaps, shampoos, and face cleansers, toothpaste, and personal care products.
  • It is used in medical, antimicrobial, and agricultural chemicals
  • One particular application of this material is its use in catalysts, adsorbents, anionic converters, stabilizers, and polymer fillers.

  The principal surfactant application in shampoos is to convey the shampoo cleansing properties through the washing process. There are a wide variety ranges of these surfactants, but mainly anionic surfactants are used for this kind of application. Because of less irritation property and high foaming property of ammonium salts many manufacturers increase the dosage of this product as a surfactant in cleaning products.

The advantages of sodium salt

1.It is less PH sensitive.
2.The synthesis of sodium salt is cost-effective.
3.The foaming property of sodium salts is stronger and is more sustainable than ammonium salts.

Preparation

SLES is synthesized by ethoxylation of dodecyl alcohol, which is manufactured industrially from natural oils like coconut oil. The final ethoxylate is transformed to a half ester of sulfuric acid, which is neutralized by changing it to sodium salt.

Market

flourish knowledge of people due to cleanliness all over the world will likely augment demands for sodium lauryl ether sulfate or SLES market in recent years. Global appeal for laundry detergents was around 30 million tons in 2015 and will speed up at over 5% CAGR in years ahead.

health effects

As the health effects of this product, we can say that Sodium lauryl ether sulfate is counted as a skin, eye, and lung irritant, and also it can include carcinogenic materials like 1,4-dioxane among the production process. other detrimental by-products of the production process may include ethylene oxide, which is counted as carcinogenic substances in the environment.