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  Shampoo separation

  Posted by Farrukh on April 21, 2021 at 9:38 am

  Hello everyone
  I used Cetyl Alcohol + polysorbate 80 in shampoo formulation but there is separation what is the reason
  Can anyone tell me

  chemicalmatt replied 3 years, 8 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  Abdullah

  Member

  April 21, 2021 at 12:57 pm

  What is the shampoo formula?

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  Farrukh

  Member

  April 21, 2021 at 11:51 pm

  Abdullah said:

  What is the shampoo formula?

  SLS 500gm
  CAPB 500gm
  SLES 500gm
  Glycerin 500gm
  Polysorbate 80 1kg
  Cetyl Alcohol 500gm
  Water 6.5kg
  Poly quat 7 200gm
  Silicone 50 gm

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  Abdullah

  Member

  April 22, 2021 at 12:37 am

  Don’t use them and see what happens

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  gordof

  Member

  April 22, 2021 at 9:03 am

  hi I don’t think your Cetyl Alcohol + polysorbate 80 is coursing the instability’s.
  The Stability of surfactants formulations depends a lot on the Order you add
  the different surfactants especially if you use a Cationic (polyquat7) with in
  an anionic system that can lead to instability’s. 

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  chemicalmatt

  Member

  April 22, 2021 at 9:00 pm

  Polysorbate 80 is the culprit. DEL that and reduce cetyl alcohol & glycerin to 125 gms each and you’ll be fine. 

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