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Emulsifying essential oils in Zinc Sulphate solution without foaming

Posted by sammos on July 22, 2014 at 3:52 pm

Hi All,

I am hoping you can help me with this one.

I am trying to disperse eucalyptus oil in a zinc sulphate solution ideally without it being foamy to facilitate bottling.

Currently using SLES, emulsifies well but way too bubbly.

Any ideas?

Sam

sammos replied 10 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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Bobzchemist

Member
July 22, 2014 at 5:48 pm

PEG-40 hydrogenated castor oil / Lipocol HCO-40

caprylyl/capryl glucoside or Decyl Glucoside / PlantaSol CCG or Plantaren 2000

RESASSOL VPF / Polyglyceryl-4 Caprylate (and) Decyl Glucoside (and) Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate (and)

Diglycerin (and) Water

Polysorbate 20 / Tween® 20

Polysorbate 80 / Tween® 80

PEG - 60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil / Cremophor® RH 60

PEG - 40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil / Cremophor® RH 40

Steareth-100 / Jeecol SA-100

Oleth-20 / Lipocol® O-20
sammos

Member
July 23, 2014 at 5:22 am

Wow! Thankyou, lots to try!
sammos

Member
July 24, 2014 at 8:38 am

Whoops, sorry it kept saying post not made!

Have Polysorbate 20, c/c/ glucoside, decyl glucoside on the way to try. Avoiding PEG-40 as it is such a pig to work with.

Fingers crossed!
sammos

Member
August 2, 2014 at 1:40 pm

Polysorbate 20 worked fairly well, am leaving it to see if oil settles out overnight.

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