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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 8 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • jjciii

    Member
    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

  • OldPerry

    Member
    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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