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CAS Number: 106233-09-4
ECHA EC Number: 500-295-0
APPLICATIONS
Ceteareth-4 is used for cleansing the skin: Ceteareth-4 helping to keep the body surface clean.
Ceteareth-4 is a surfactant: Ceteareth-4 wetting body surfaces, emulsifying or solubilizing oils, and suspending soil (generally, such ingredients contribute to the foaming and lathering properties of cleansing products).
Ceteareth-4 is an emulsifier.
Ceteareth-4 is liquid to waxy solid.
In cosmetics and personal care products, Ceteareth-4 ingredients are used in skin care products, moisturizers, hair conditioners, suntan and indoor tanning products and hair dyes, colors, and tints.
Ceteareth-4 is emulsifier.
Ceteareth-4 is a component enabling the formation of an emulsion.
Emulsion is a physicochemical form that is created by combining (mixing) the water phase with the oil phase.
Examples of cosmetic emulsions are creams, lotions, lotions.
Ceteareth-4 is a Foaming substance.
Ceteareth-4 helps to form emulsions by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
Also, Ceteareth-4 is used to decrease the thickness of liquid cosmetics and personal care products.
DESCRIPTION
The polyethylene glycol ethers of cetearyl alcohol are called ceteareths.
Ceteareth-4 is used as emulsifier in cosmetic products.
The INCI names ceteareth-n (where n is a number) refer to polyoxyethylene ethers of a mixture of high molecular mass saturated fatty alcohols, mainly cetyl alcohol (m = 15) and stearyl alcohol (m = 17). The number n indicates the average number of ethylene oxide residues in the polyoxyethylene chain.
These compounds are non-ionic surfactants that work by attracting both water and oil at the same time, frequently used as emulsifiers in soaps and cosmetics.
"Ceteareth-" refers to a PEG (polyethylene glycol) ether of cetearyl alcohol.
The number after "ceteareth-" indicates the average number of molecular units -CH2-CH2-O-.
Ceteareth-4 is not found in nature.
Therefore, Ceteareth-4 is produced synthetically.
Ceteareth-4 is safe for use in cosmetic products.
There are no restrictions on the use of Ceteareth-4 in cosmetic products.
Ceteareth-4 helps to form emulsions by reducing the surface tension of the substances to be emulsified.
Also, Ceteareth-4 is used to decrease the thickness of liquid cosmetics and personal care products.
Ceteareths are made from cetearyl alcohol, which is a mixture of cetyl and stearyl alcohol, and ethylene oxide.
The numerical value represents the average number of molecules of ethylene oxide added to generate the specific Ceteareth ingredient.
For example, Ceteareth-2 is made by reacting Cetearyl Alcohol with an average of 2 molecules of ethylene oxide.
SYNONYMS
alcohols C16-18 ethoxylated (peg-4)
C16-18 alcohols, ethoxylated (4 mol EO average molar ratio)
hetoxol CS-4
peg-4 cetyl/stearyl ether
polyethylene glycol (4) cetyl/stearyl ether
polyoxyethylene (4) cetyl/stearyl alcohol ether
polyoxyethylene (4) cetyl/stearyl ether
Ethyl hexadecyl ether
Alcohols, C16-20, ethoxylated propoxylated
73049-34-0
(C16-C20)Alcohols, ethoxylated and propoxylated
SCHEMBL200201
InChI=1S/C18H38O/c1-3-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-4-2/h3-18H2,1-2H3
1-ethoxyhexadecane
(E)-18-ethoxyoctadec-3-ene
Alcohols, C16-18 and C18-unsatd., ethoxylated
68920-66-1
(C16-C18) and (C18) Unsaturated alkylalcohol, ethoxylate
EC 500-236-9
SCHEMBL1092683
