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  • Oil soluble PH adjuster to lower the PH?

    Posted by kot on August 8, 2017 at 9:08 pm

    Wondering if there is an oil soluble active that is capable to lower the PH? If you know one, could you advise, please?  This is not to lower the PH of the oils, but for solid conditioner bar formulated with VARISOFT® EQ 65  and TEGO® Amid S 18 .
    Thank you!

    zaidjeber replied 6 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • belassi

    Member
    August 8, 2017 at 10:19 pm

    You can’t really refer to “pH” in a solid. Fatty acids yes, are acids, but you can’t really equate them with the concept of pH. At least not in my experience. Others more experienced than I may correct me on this.

  • kot

    Member
    August 10, 2017 at 1:56 am

    Thank you Belassi

  • zaidjeber

    Member
    August 14, 2017 at 1:33 am

    @Belassi you are right pH is mostly for water base liquids/ aqueous solutions where the hydrogen ions can be released into the water.

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