What is C12-14 Alcohol Ethoxylate and how is it produced?

It is a common knowledge to the science savvy what C12-14 alcohol ethoxylate are. Alcohol ethoxylates are the largest family and the most dominant class of nonionic surfactants. Nonionic surfactants are surfactants molecules which do not go through ionization when dissolved in water. On the other hand, surfactants are materials or substances which reduces the surface tension between components, used mostly in detergents. This surfactant is best described using these terms: hydrophilic, lipophilic groups and cloud point temperature. Fatty alcohol ethoxylate, fatty acid alkoxylate and alkyl phenol ethoxylate are some instances of this surfactants.

What is Alcohol Ethoxylate?

We have already established how alcohol ethoxylates are nonionic surfactants, hence we will proceed by explaining other things it means. Alcohol ethoxylate or ethoxylation is a chemical reaction which occurs when ethylene oxide combines with a substrate. Ethoxylate alcohol is a chemical compound synthesized through the reaction of ethylene oxide with fatty alcohol which results in a single molecule consisting of:
· Fatty alcohol rich in carbon
· Hydrophilic or ethoxylate chain.
They are also a part of the alcohol alkoxylates alongside butoxylates and alcohol propoxylates. Its chemical structure is given as follow R(OCH2CH2)nOH. The "n" which is the subscript in this structure indicates the average number of what the ethylene oxide unit should be.

C12-14 Alcohol Ethoxylate and how it is produced

These are even-numbered ethoxylated alcohol. C12-14 alcohol ethoxylate are liquid, colorless, oleo-chemical non-ionic surfactant with three units of ethylene oxide produced through the reaction of ethylene oxide with c12-c14 fatty alcohol. This chemical compound is a synthetic mixture of C12-C14 alcohol and ethylene oxide of an average of 1-50 moles. It is worth noting that the "C" in C12-14 means the range of the carbon chain units, which in this case is 12-14.

It is primarily produced through the synthesis between or reaction of ethylene oxide alongside fatty alcohol in the presence of acidic catalyst like zinc chloride, alkali catalyst like potassium hydroxide, or other catalysts. Other types of catalysts that can be involved in this ethoxylation reaction include: sodium hydroxide, sodium laurate, Magnesium perchlorate, Tin tetrachloride and phosphotungstic acid.

Characteristics of Ethoxylated C12 and C14 Alcohol

C12-14 alcohol ethoxylate is characterized by the following physical and chemical features:
Provision of high surface activity
Combines well with other surfactants
High stability and solubility with any kind of liquid like water or oil and high chemical stability in any pH range.

Its molecular weight is between 318.49 - 346.54 g/mo, density 0.9 g/cm3 at 20℃, solubility at 11 mg/l at 25℃ and surface tension at 27 mN/m at 20℃. Its physical form is in liquid form, giving slight odor.

Uses of C12-14 Alcohol Ethoxylate

The pragmatic, day-to-day use of C12-14 alcohol ethoxylate include it being used in the home and textile industry, including its use for industrial products. It is used as foaming agents in shampoos, bathing gels and detergents. It can also be used for cleaning hard, dirty surfaces.

Mentioned Chemicals in this article

Besides the theme of this discourse which is Ethoxylated C12-C14 alcohol, there are mention of other chemicals which include: potassium hydroxide, zinc chloride, sodium hydroxide, sodium laurate, Magnesium perchlorate, Tin tetrachloride and phosphotungstic acid. We will be providing you with brief descriptions of some of these products and where you can purchase them.

Potassium Hydroxide is a whitish, odorless flakes or pellets which can be function as an aqueous solution. The link to the product on Echemi is provided below. https://www.echemi.com/searchGoods.html?keywords=%25EF%2582%25A7%2509Potassium%2520Hydroxide.
Zinc Chloride: It is powdery or crystal-like soluble in water, methanol, ethanol, and some other liquid forms but not in liquid ammonia. Click on this link to be directed to where you can get your zinc chloride https://www.echemi.com/products/pd20160301093221709-zinc-chloride.html.

We won't be able to provide a description for all these aforementioned chemical products here, but you can get them all from our company at Echemi, through the website https://www.echemi.com/ .

Final Thoughts

During the course of this discourse, we have been able to identify what C12-14 Alcohol Ethoxylate is and how it can be prepared. We were also able to identify its characteristics and uses. Lastly, we also provided you with the platform where you can buy any of these chemical products, Echemi.