Ethoxylated Lanolin Alcohols

Ethoxylated Lanolin Alcohols are nonionic surface active agents produced from molecularly distilled lanolin alcohol. As ethoxylates of lanolin alcohol, they contain a unique combination of branched-chain alcohols and mixed sterols, the most important of which is cholesterol (in the parent alcohol, it occurs more than 30%).

Due to the presence of this natural skin moisturizing lipid, Ethoxylated Lanolin Alcohols exhibit considerable emollience. They offer a broad range of functionality, making them suitable for a variety of applications.

Ethoxylated Lanolin Alcohols are incredibly effective and versatile emulsifiers. They form exceptionally stable emulsions in the presence of their parent alcohol. They are also very effective in emulsifying lanolin and reducing its greasy feel, thereby improving the emulsion's feel characteristics.

In products containing cetyl or stearyl alcohols, they produce fluid emulsions where the viscosity of these emulsions varies inversely. Ethoxylated Lanolin Alcohols can produce stable fluid emulsions, even in the presence of a non-self-emulsifying ester like Glyceryl Monostearate, in which case, they appear to convert the esters into acid-stable, self-emulsifiers.

Ethoxylated Lanolin Alcohols Are chemically stable and have considerable surface activity as emulsifiers. They can significantly reduce water's surface tension and the interfacial tension between water and oil. Studies indicate that maximum surface and interfacial tension reductions can be obtained with a concentration as low as 0.1%. Use levels usually in the range of 1-10%.