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  • Hand Sanitizer formulation and its effect on calirty of the product.

    Posted by Anonymous on June 21, 2020 at 7:48 am

    Hi,
    I have tried to make Hand sanitizer formulation listed below
    Formulation 1
    Ethanol:           75%(99% purity)
    Water distilled: 20.9%
    Carbopol 940: 0.5%
    TEA:                0.1%
    Glycerin           3%

    Mixing order: Water, Carbopol, ethanol, TEA. 
    The result was carbomer just formed a cloudy gelly lump in the ethanol and as i tried to stir it vigorously most of it is evaporated.

    I would love to hear some insights on the above-mentioned issue. 

    Formulation 2
    Just changed the ethanol to IPA (99%), mixing procedure is the same and it worked but the product was not so clear in the end. It was a bit clumsy and air bubbles were present.

    May I know how I can get the crystal clear sanitizer similar to the purell brand? Is something wrong with the formulation or mixing?

    Bill_Toge replied 4 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
  • 2 Replies
  • belassi

    Member
    June 21, 2020 at 4:07 pm

    940 will not give the grade of gel you want. And TEA won’t work much above 63% anyway. This sanitiser thing is really annoying because of the supply shortages it has created.

  • Bill_Toge

    Member
    June 21, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    try using AMP instead of TEA

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