Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating Role of Sodium chloride in emulsion

  • zetein

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    February 19, 2021 at 4:36 am
    Salt helps stabilizing w/o emulsion or thickening cationic o/w emulsion.
  • OldPerry

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    February 19, 2021 at 3:03 pm

    Usually sodium chloride will destabilize an emulsion.

  • chemicalmatt

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    February 19, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    @zetein is correct on both counts. @Perry is correct when the emulsion is o/w though, or when acrylate rheology modifiers are used.

  • ngarayeva001

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    February 19, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    this is one of the best ways to understand if it’s o/w or w/o by looking at LOI. if you see salt somewhere around 1% line there’s a significant chance it’s w/o

  • Abdullah

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    February 20, 2021 at 11:56 am

    Thank you all. 

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