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  Surfactant Thickening - NaCl

  Posted by jjciii on October 3, 2016 at 3:21 pm

  Hi, I am confused about which type of surfactants can be thickened with salt.  My inquiry is specifically related to shampoos and body washes.  Can both Anionic and Nonionic be thickened with salt?  I am that there are other options and the necessity of doing a salt curve, but have always been confused about this.

  OldPerry replied 7 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies

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  jjciii

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  October 3, 2016 at 3:29 pm

  Hi, I just read Perry’s post on this and it seems clear to me that salt works as a thickener with anionic and anionic/nonionic combinations due to charge density.  Any comments are welcome.  thank you

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  OldPerry

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  October 3, 2016 at 4:27 pm

  Yes, it works primarily on Anionic systems. Non-ionics can be used as secondary surfactants to help with thickening.

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