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  A list of HLB Values for surfactants

  Posted by Discovery on January 25, 2019 at 10:05 pm

  HI, I am a marijuana producer/processor in WA state and formulate topicals made of cannabis, using nanoemulsion technology. Some of you have helped me with my formulas and I appreciate your help. I am also a student of Perry’s courses which I am finding helpful. I am working on a marijuana bubble bath (hard to imagine people wanting to soak in weed) and am unable to find a list of HLB values for surfactants, specially looking for Disodium laureth sulfosuccinate, disodium cocamido MIPA sulfosuccinate, and sodium laureth sulfate. I googled this topic and have not been able to find anything on this and would appreciate any help from this forum. Thank you in advance. 

  Discovery replied 5 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  DAS

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  January 25, 2019 at 11:00 pm

  And you won’t find it. The HLB system is made for surfactants with no charge. Those are anionic. 

  Also keep in mind HLB shall be used as a formulation guide, its not a flawless method.

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  Discovery

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  January 25, 2019 at 11:08 pm

  Thank you for your response to my question, DAS. I have much to learn!

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