What Is Witconol CAD?
Diethylene glycol distearate is a substance that is used in cosmetics as a surfactant and emulsifier. This means that it helps to mix and blend different ingredients together, making them spread evenly over the skin or hair. It is also used as a diluent in color additive mixtures for coloring eggshells, which means that it helps to thin out and distribute the coloring evenly.
What is the purpose of Witconol CAD in personal care products?
It is used for its surfactant emulsifying
characteristics.
Witconol CAD helps mix liquids that don't usually mix.
Names and identifiers that we found for this substance include: Witconol CAD, Oxydiethylene stearate, "Diethylene glycol, distearate", "Stearic acid, oxydiethylene ester", Oxydiethan-1,2-diyldistearat, Oxydi(ethane-2,1-diyl) dioctadecanoate, and "Octadecanoic acid, 1,1'-(oxydi-2,1-ethanediyl) ester".
What Are Surfactant Emulsifying Ingredients?
Witconol CAD has surfactant emulsifying characteristics.
Surfactant emulsifying ingredients helps mix two liquids that do not usually mix well by reducing the surface tension of the ingredients. The emulsification process involves suspending or dispersing one liquid in a second liquid, such as oil in water or vice versa. However, these two liquids have different properties that cause them to repel each other and not mix. This is where surfactants come in, as they can reduce the liquids' surface tension and allow them to mix.
Surfactants have two ends: a hydrophilic (water-loving) head and a hydrophobic (water-repelling) tail. When added to two liquids that do not mix well, the hydrophilic head attaches to the water-based liquid, while the hydrophobic tail attaches to the oil-based liquid. This creates a stable mixture of the two liquids and allows for a smooth and even distribution of ingredients in the cosmetic product.
Safety
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