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  Hair curling preparation

  Posted by Pallavi123 on February 28, 2019 at 4:42 am

  I am trying to formulate a hair curling product which contains thioglycolic acid and I want to adjust the ph of the finished product between 9.2 to 9.5 I tried to adjust the ph with NaoH but on storage the ph drops( as NaoH is hygroscopic in nature). Now I want to know that what shoud I add to the product to adjust the ph rather than NaoH.

  Pallavi123 replied 5 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies

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  JonahRay

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  February 28, 2019 at 9:01 pm

  @Pallavi123 From looking at other alkaline perm products it seems they use Ammonium Thioglycolate with the pH adjusted using Sodium Hydroxide and/or Ammonium Hydroxide and neutralized with Hydrogen Peroxide.

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  chemicalmatt

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  February 28, 2019 at 9:04 pm

  DO NOT use NaOH to do this, under any circumstances. Sodium thio has a different pKb than other salts and you will cause hair to shed.  Use ammonium hydroxide 28% or AMP-95. Add a little ammonium thio to buffer if you wish, but keep track of total thio assay or else bad things will happen to people’s hair.

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  Pallavi123

  Member

  March 1, 2019 at 4:19 am

  @JonahRay thanks for your reply 

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  Pallavi123

  Member

  March 1, 2019 at 4:23 am

  @chemicalmatt thanks for your reply but what should be the dilution of (how much % dilute) ammonium hydroxide to be used ?

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