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  Active surfactant percentage

  Posted by Abdullah on February 24, 2020 at 2:29 am

  As a general rule, what should be the range of active surfactant percentage in Shampoo? 
  Some books say %10 and maximum %15 active and some say %20-%40 active active surfactant in Shampoo. That is double the amount which means extra cost. 

  Abdullah replied 4 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies

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  natzam44

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  February 24, 2020 at 4:37 pm

  For my shampoos, I use 10%-15% asm. 

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  OldPerry

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  February 25, 2020 at 1:46 am

  Yes, 10 - 15% active should be plenty. But it depends on the surfactant you use too.

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  Abdullah

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  March 3, 2020 at 9:47 am

  @natzam44 @Perry thanks 
  Yes we used SLS at %12 and it was ok but now we use nonionic APGs at %15 still it fells the cleaning power is not good enough. 

  How much ASM for APGs or can i find a comparison of cleaning powder for different surfactants? 

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