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  glyceryl monostearate, stearic acid, cetyl alcohol

  Posted by Dtdang on September 11, 2020 at 1:28 am

  Hi Friends!
  Anyone has experience on glyceryl monostearate, stearic acid, and cetyl alcohol when they are used together? 

  Thank you so much in advance

  chemicalmatt replied 4 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  zacchaeus

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  September 11, 2020 at 7:47 am

  Hi @Dtdang . I used it in lotions. No problems encountered so far. 

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  Dtdang

  Member

  September 11, 2020 at 11:47 am

  @zacchaeus thank you so much.
  Is the lotion increasing the thickness when the these three ingredients increase? 

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  chemicalmatt

  Member

  September 14, 2020 at 8:13 pm

  @Dtdang, yes the formulation will thicken increasing all three, but stearic acid is only useful when used with an alkali and/or the glyceryl monostearate (GMS) should be the GMS-SE (self-emulsifying) grade, which incorporates an alkali already. You may thicken more efficiently increasing only cetyl alcohol, BTW.

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