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