OCTYL PHENOL ETHOXYLATE

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate, also known as OPEs, are nonionic surfactants that are pale yellow to colorless and are liquid in form. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate are nonionic surfactants composed of ethylene oxide adduct of Octylphenol. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates vary in physical appearance from clear or slightly hazy, colorless liquids to white solids, depending upon the level of ethoxylation. 

CAS Number: 92046-34-9
Molecular Formula: C34H62O11
Molecular Weight: 646.84948
EINECS Number: 682-156-5

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate reduced, is a nonionic surfactant which has a hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate up to 6 Moles are water dispersible. 
There are many different type of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates that are determined by the number of moles of Ethylene Oxide, or EO. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate generally has 10 moles of Ethylene Oxide and is an equivalent to Dow's Triton X-100. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can be used in a wide range of applications such as emulsifiers & wetting agents, industrial and institutional cleaners, agricultural chemicals and textile and leather processing. 
Triton X-100, also known as Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate, is a chemical compound that has a  hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain and an aromatic hydrophobic group. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is a clear viscous fluid, soluble in water at room temperature and commonly used as a detergent in laboratories. 
Because of its property to disrupt the cell membrane's lipid bilayer, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is used for example to permeabilize the membranes of living cells or in cell lysis to extract proteins. 
Outside of research work it has been used in some pharmaceuticals and vaccines (to inactivate viruses), and also in different cleaning products.

The high-mole Ethoxylates greater than 7 moles & above usually are soluble in water & also soluble in most Polar solvents. 
In general, with increase in the ethylene oxide chain attached to Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate increases the HLB value (water solubility), pour point, cloud point, density, viscosity, and flash point of the ethoxylate.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate, often referred to as octylphenol ethoxylate (OPEO) or octylphenol polyethoxylate, is a nonionic surfactant. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is part of a group of chemicals known as alkylphenol ethoxylates (APEs), which are synthetic organic compounds derived from phenols and used in a variety of industrial and commercial applications.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can be used in a wide range of applications such as Emulsifiers & Wetting Agents, Industrial and institutional cleaners, Agricultural chemicals and Textile and leather processing.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can also be used in ether sulfates and ether carboxylates, Cosmetics as well as other industrial and agricultural applications.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can be used to make phosphate esters, which are useful as dispersants, low-foam emulsifiers, and anti-static agents.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate (C14H22O(C2H4O)n) is a nonionic surfactant that has a hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain (on average it has 9.5 ethylene oxide units) and an aromatic hydrocarbon lipophilic or hydrophobic group. 
The hydrocarbon group is a Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate group. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is closely related to IGEPAL CA-630, which might differ from it mainly in having slightly shorter ethylene oxide chains. 
As a result, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is slightly more hydrophilic than Igepal CA-630 thus these two detergents may not be considered to be functionally interchangeable for most applications.
Undiluted Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is a clear viscous fluid (less viscous than undiluted glycerol). 

Undiluted Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate has a viscosity of about 270 centipoise at 25 °C which comes down to about 80 centipoise at 50 °C. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is soluble at 25 °C in water, toluene, xylene, trichloroethylene, ethylene glycol, ethyl ether, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, and ethylene dichloride. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is insoluble in kerosene, mineral spirits, and naphtha, unless a coupling agent like oleic acid is used.

As a nonionic surfactant, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate can also be used as a detergent and it is considered 100% "active" and biodegradable in liquid form. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate has numerous general uses as a wetting agent, emulsifier or even as a mild detergent.
The nonionic surfactant Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate has many applications in a wide range of different disciplines. 

As a wetting agent in the microscopy and histology laboratory, in the form of dilute solutions, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is used as a wetting agent for effecting certain staining protocols and is also used as a wetting agent for the cleaning of diamond knives.
In the electronics industry, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is used as a wetting agent on wafers in order to enhance and speed up certain procedures and operations. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate will leave a thin film on the surface of the wafer but which can be removed using standard resist stripping techniques or with the SPI Plasma Prep II plasma etcher using an oxygen etch.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate are nonionic surfactants produced by ethoxylation of octylphenol.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate Surfactants are used in many types of liquid, paste, and powder cleaning compounds. 
This ranges from heavy-duty industrial cleaners to gentle detergents. 

They are key ingredients in emulsifier mixtures used in emulsion polymerization and stabilizers of latex polymers. 
They are also commonly used in pigment wetting and stabilization in coatings. 
They are offered in a wide range of HLB to match your specific wetting and dispersing requirements. 

The Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate Series surfactants range in degrees of ethoxylation from 1.5 moles to 40 moles.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is in the EU produced (in 2001) at 23.000 tonnes per year. 
The main areas of use are as an intermediate in the production of phenol/formaldehyde resins and in the manufacture of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate. 

These chemicals are used to in rubber, in pesticides and paints. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate mainly reaches the marine environment in waste waters from factories. 
Another possibility is from the breakdown of alkylphenol ethoxylates. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate has also been reported that octylphenol is present as an impurity in nonylphenol and that this may account to some extent for its detection in the environment.
Considering the low vapour pressure of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate and its tendency to adsorb to soils and sediments it can be expected that atmospheric concentrations will be low.
Any Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate released to the atmosphere is likely to be degraded rapidly by reacting with hydroxyl radicals. 

In water and the soil however Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is thought to be quite stable.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate has a low tendency to bioaccumulate and no tendency to biomagnify through food chains.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is a toxic substance as concentrations above 6,1 µg/l can already have adverse effects on marine organisms.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate consists of an octylphenol group, which is a hydrophobic alkyl chain, attached to a hydrophilic ethoxylate (polyethylene glycol) chain through an ethoxylation process. 
The number of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate units in the molecule can vary, leading to different ethoxylate products with varying properties.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are effective surfactants, which means they have both hydrophilic (water-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repelling) properties. 
This makes them useful for various applications where they can lower the surface tension of liquids, improve wetting, emulsify substances, and facilitate the dispersion of particles in liquids.

Melting point: 48-50 °C(lit.)
Boiling point: 270 °C
Density: 1.065 g/mL at 20 °C
refractive index: n20/D 1.492
Flash point: >230 °F
storage temp.: 2-8°C
solubility: H2O: 0.005 M at 20 °C, clear, colorless
form: Viscous, colorless liquid
color: ≤100(APHA)

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is a chemical used to manufacture many products including octylphenol ethoxylates (OPEs).
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate and OPEs are used in products such as paints, coatings, adhesives, inks, and products containing rubber.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is also present in detergents and surfactants used in some household, industrial, and pesticide products, and in some personal care products, such as cosmetics, body lotions, soaps, face creams, and hair products.

When released into the environment, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can degrade into octylphenol.
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Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is precisely formulated using high quality chemical compounds with the aid of modern methodologies under stern observation of our dexterous professionals. 

Available in numerous safe packaging options, this product is added to various industrial cleaners, paints, emulsions etc. 
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Octyl Phenol Ethoxylateis precisely formulated using high quality chemical compounds with the aid of modern methodologies under stern observation of our dexterous professionals. 

Available in numerous safe packaging options, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is added to various industrial cleaners, paints, emulsions etc. 
This Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate can be bought from us at affordable market rates.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate belongs to the group alkylphenols. 

Alkylphenols are chemical substances that consist of one or more alkyl chains bound to a phenol. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is a wide variety of substances with different properties. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate consists of one alkyl chain of eight carbon atoms bound to a phenol.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates, clear to yellowish liquid to waxy solids depending on alkyl chain length and the number of ethoxy groups, are non ionic surfactants which contain both hydrophobic tail portion (alcohol part) and hydrophilic polar head groups (ethoxy chain part), and are thus tend to dissolve in both aqueous and oil phase and to reduce the surface tension of liquids. 
Ethylene oxide (also called epoxyethane and oxirane) is the simplest cyclic ether or epoxide, with the formula C2H4O; reactive material which is added to the base of alcohols (or amines) to form ethoxylated surfactants. 

The Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance (HLB) of EO surfactant is related to the hydrophilic portion of the molecule. 
More hydrophilic groups enable more solubility in water as more hydrogen bondings exist. 
They are non-ionic in solution which has no electrical charge, which means well-work in hard water at low temperatures as well as stability in acid and alkali solution and compatibility with other surfactants. 

Generally, surfactant's name are formed by adding the mole number of ethylene oxide. 
There is a wide HLB range depend their molar ratios between alkylphenol and E.O. The common mole ratio forms for detergency are OPE 9 - 15, where the number indicates ethoxylate chain length. 
The lower number mole ratio products are used as wetting agent whereas the higher moles ratio products are emulsifiers and solubilizer. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates features excelent emulsifying and high detergency properties.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates have been a subject of environmental concern due to their potential persistence and toxicity. 
Some forms of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can degrade into octylphenol, which is considered an endocrine-disrupting chemical. 

As a result, the use and regulation of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates in various applications have been subject to scrutiny and restrictions in some regions.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can have different numbers of ethylene oxide (EO) units in their ethoxylate chains, which affects their properties. 
The specific type of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is often denoted by the number of EO units. For example, an OPEO with 9 EO units is sometimes labeled as OPEO-9.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate varies depending on the number of EO units in the molecule. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates with a higher degree of ethoxylation tend to be less biodegradable. 
This biodegradability consideration is one of the factors that have led to environmental concerns and regulatory restrictions on certain types of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate and their breakdown products, some countries and regions have implemented restrictions on the use of certain OPEOs. 
For instance, the European Union has enacted regulations that limit the use of nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOs) and Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates due to their potential endocrine-disrupting properties.
One of the key concerns with certain alkylphenol ethoxylates, including Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates, is their potential to act as endocrine disruptors. 

Due to the environmental and regulatory concerns associated with certain Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates, there is ongoing research and development of alternative surfactants and emulsifiers that have lower environmental impact and are less likely to be endocrine disruptors. 
These alternatives aim to provide similar functionality while addressing the concerns associated with Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates.

Uses Of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate:
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate reduced, a nonionic surfactant which has a hydrophilic polyethylene oxide chain, is a common laboratory detergent used for applications such as cell lysis and membrane permeabilization as a component of lysis buffers. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is used for the isolation of lipid rafts.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is a commonly used detergent in laboratories.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is widely used to lyse cells to extract protein or organelles, or to permeabilize the membranes of living cells.
Use of alkylphenol ethoxylate (APE) surfactants such as nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) and Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate (OPEs), which include Triton X-100, has been banned in the European Union due to their ecotoxicity. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is an industrial chemical. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is primary application is for production of octyl ethoxylates. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can be found in products designed for paint and coating removal. 

They help to break down and emulsify old paint and coatings, making them easier to strip or remove.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used in oil spill cleanup efforts to disperse and emulsify spilled oil, facilitating its removal from water surfaces.
In wastewater treatment plants, OPEOs can be used as flocculants or coagulants to assist in the separation of impurities and contaminants from wastewater.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are employed in enhanced oil recovery processes to improve the displacement and recovery of oil from reservoirs.
They can be used in the plastics and polymer industry to aid in the dispersion of additives and fillers during compounding processes.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are utilized in the flotation process in mining and mineral processing to separate valuable minerals from ore.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can serve as emulsifiers in the production of various food products, including sauces, dressings, and emulsified meat products.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used in the textile industry for dyeing and printing processes. 
They aid in the even dispersion and fixation of dyes.

They have applications in photographic chemicals, particularly in emulsions and developers.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can be used in the production of printing inks to improve pigment dispersion and stability.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can be employed as wetting agents, dispersants, and leveling agents to enhance the quality and uniformity of dyeing and finishing.

They may be found in household products such as fabric softeners, dishwashing detergents, and air fresheners for their emulsifying and cleaning properties.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used in plating and electroplating processes to aid in the wetting and adhesion of metal coatings.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are also used as stabilizer in rubber for production of tyres and in insulation lacquer for electrical components in for example engines, transformers, sealants, pressure paints, and raw material for paints. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate may form as a degradation product of alkylphenol ethoxylates.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is used to create stable emulsions by mixing two immiscible substances, such as oil and water, in applications like emulsion polymerization.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are found in laundry detergents, industrial cleaners, and other cleaning products to enhance their cleaning and emulsifying properties.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used as wetting agents, leveling agents, and dye dispersants to improve the dyeing and finishing processes.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate is used in the formulation of pesticides, herbicides, and other agrochemicals to improve their spreading and adhesion properties.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used to aid in the wetting, washing, and deinking processes in paper and pulp manufacturing.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used as emulsifiers and lubricants to improve machining and cooling.
They can be found in drilling fluids and oil production processes.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used in laundry detergents, industrial cleaners, and household cleaning products to enhance the cleaning and emulsifying capabilities. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate help in removing dirt, grease, and stains from surfaces.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates serve as wetting agents and leveling agents in textile processing. 
They improve the wetting of fabrics and assist in the uniform distribution of dyes and chemicals during dyeing and finishing processes.

In the formulation of pesticides, herbicides, and other agrochemicals, Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used as adjuvants. 
They improve the spreading and adhesion of agrochemical products on plant surfaces, leading to better effectiveness.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are applied in the paper and pulp industry to aid in processes such as wetting, washing, and deinking. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate help disperse ink and other substances from recycled paper, making it suitable for reuse.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates function as emulsifiers and lubricants. 
They enhance the performance of cutting and cooling fluids used in machining and metalworking processes.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used to improve the formulation of adhesives and sealants by enhancing their wetting and adhesion properties. 
This results in better bonding and sealing capabilities.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can be found in drilling fluids and oil production processes. 

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate assist in emulsifying and separating oil and water mixtures, as well as in stabilizing drilling fluids.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used in the formulation of paints and coatings to improve the dispersion of pigments and the overall stability of the coating material.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are occasionally used as emulsifiers and surfactants to stabilize formulations, such as creams, lotions, and shampoos.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used in some biotechnological and pharmaceutical applications, such as cell culture media, where they assist in the dispersion and solubility of various substances.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates may be employed in water treatment processes as part of flocculants and coagulants to aid in the separation and removal of impurities in wastewater.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates may be used in agriculture for various purposes, such as improving the efficacy of foliar sprays and fertilizers.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates are used to improve the formulation of adhesives and sealants by enhancing wetting and adhesion. 

Safety Profile Of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate:
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates, particularly those with a high degree of ethoxylation, can persist in the environment and may not readily biodegrade. 
This persistence can lead to long-term environmental impact if not managed properly.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates and their breakdown products can be toxic to aquatic organisms. 

They may accumulate in water bodies and have adverse effects on aquatic life.
Certain forms of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates can act as endocrine-disrupting chemicals, potentially affecting the hormonal systems of both humans and wildlife. 
This is a significant concern, particularly with higher ethoxylated Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates may cause skin and eye irritation upon direct contact. 
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate's important to minimize skin contact and wear appropriate personal protective equipment, such as gloves and safety goggles, when handling concentrated OPEOs.

Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates may irritate the respiratory system. Adequate ventilation and respiratory protection may be necessary in certain occupational settings.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates is not recommended, and they should be kept away from the mouth.
Octyl Phenol Ethoxylates have faced regulatory restrictions or phase-out in some regions due to environmental and health concerns. 

Synonyms Of Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate:
2-phenoxydecan-1-ol
octyl phenol ethoxylate
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