Description

Silway 593 is a graft style hydrolytically stable silicone polyether surfactant with a calculated HLB of 12.

Typical Applications

Suitable for a wide range of applications in personal care products including:

• Hair sprays and other leave in hair products

• Shampoos

• Skin care lotions

• Shaving soaps

Key Features

• Low usage levels

•Compatible with a wide range of cosmetic ingredients

•Foam builder, forms a dense stable foam

•Plasticizes hair styling resins

•Wetting agent

•Surface tension depressant

•Cyclics content＜0.1%

Benefits

•Imparts soft, silky feel to the hair

•Humectant, emollient in skin products

Typical Physical Properties

Property	Result
Appearance	Clear to hazy liquid
Viscosity (cSt, 25℃)	300-350
Specific Gravity (25/25 ℃)	1.06
Cloud Point (℃)	90-100

Usage

•  Silway 593 is soluble in water, alcohol and hydroalcoholic systems. It is stable in water systems. It can be added to heated mixtures up to 90℃.

• As ingredient in glass cleaners, Silway 593 is suggested to begin evaluations at levels of 0.5 and 2.0 weight percent.

• Typical usage levels of Silway 593 to obtain the desired effect in skin and hair care products.

Product Type	Desired Effect	Usage Level (%)
Hair Spray	Lustre/Detackification/Hold	0.1-1.0
Shampoo	Combing Ease/Manageability/Silky Feel	1.0-5.0
Pre-Shave Lotion	Emolliency	1.0-3.0
Aerosol Shaving Lather	Emolliency/Foam Stability/Wetting	0.2-2.0
Skin Lotions	Emolliency/Foam Stability/Wetting	0.1-2.0
Perfumes, Colognes	Wetting/Feel	0.1-0.5

Packing ：

200L Drums or 1000L IBC

Storage：

• Silway 593 should be stored in closed containers.

• When stored at temperatures below 11℃, Silway 593 will become hazy and solidify to a soft wax. This effect is reversed upon heating and is common to silicone glycol copolymers. Repeated freeze thaw cycles have no effect on product performance.

Shelf Life ：

36 months