Description
What is Sodium Chloride?
Sodium Chloride is a common salt. When it comes to cosmetics and personal care, it is applied in a wide variety of product types, and its primary role is to thicken the formula of the water-based formulas. It is also frequently utilized as a basic viscosity aid in shampoos, body washes, and other surfactant-rich products in cleanser making.
The reasons why Formulators utilize Sodium Chloride
Low Cost Thickening
Sodium Chloride is also one of the simplest methods of developing thickness in an increasing number of cleanser systems in which a polymeric thickener is omitted. It continues to be a popular traditional viscosity modifier in shampoo-type products.
Easy Thickness Control
You may add it bit by bit and break it when the batch feels that you desire. This renders it applicable to both small batch tests and large-scale production batches.
Performs Well within the Right Systems
Sodium Chloride is suitable in most sulfate and sulfonate cleanser systems. Certain formulas are not salt responsive, and therefore, it is always significant to carry out a small trial batch before large production.
Simple to Use
It can also assist you in readjusting the flow and feel of the whole system of surfactant when you use it correctly.
Good to be used on Daily Production
It is convenient to store, convenient in manipulation, and convenient to add when making a batch. This is why a lot of formulators retain it as a support raw material, which is basic.
How to Use
Handling Note
Prepare a salt solution in clean water, and pour it into the batch. Put it in slowly towards the end. Mix gently. Excess salt will cause the formula to go beyond the optimum and become slim once again. Viscosity modifiers are normally added towards the end of the shampoo manufacturing process in common shampoo making.
These are useful initial salt-responsive cleanser system ranges. Begin with a low level and evaluate with every tiny increment.
| Product Type | Sodium Chloride in Formula by Weight |
| Shampoo | 0.5 percent to 2.5 percent |
| Body Wash / Shower Gel | 0.3 percent to 2.0 percent |
| Liquid Hand Wash | 0.5 percent to 2.0 percent |
| Facial Cleanser | 0.2 percent to 1.0 percent |
| Dish Wash Liquid | 0.5 percent to 3.0 percent |
Target pH
Sodium Chloride does not complicate the pH. Gold: Aficionado Set final pH depending on finished product. The shampoo, body wash, and hand wash should have a good working target of 5.5 to 6.5, and 5.0 to 5.5, respectively, and a mild facial cleanser should have 5.0 to 6.0. Later Stexol reference attached makes use of the same product type pH method of surfactant systems.
Formulation Build Order
- Begin with the pure water phase.
- Additional surfactant, including a co-surfactant.
- Use other water-soluble ingredients.
- Collect the batch to a close to final pH.
- Prepare an individual Sodium Chloride solution in water.
- Gradually add salt solution and mix gradually.
- When the thickness is right, stop.
- Fragrance/color: Add fragrance/color, and recheck pH and viscosity.
This is the typical build order of common shampoo manufacturing, where the pH is adjusted, and viscosity modifiers are added towards the end of the process.
What You Can Build With Sodium Chloride
- Shampoos
- Body gels and shower gels
- Liquid hand washes
- Salt-responsive mild facial cleansers
- Dish wash liquids
- Basic surfactant finishing bases
Sodium Chloride is applicable in shampoos, cleansing, skin, hair, and bath products and is more applicable in surfactant-rich cleansers when a thickening agent is required.
Why Stexol To Place An Order?
- Coordination of Accounting With Each Batch: Every batch is accompanied by a COA at your disposal. This will assist you in inspecting the raw material prior to the manufacturing process.
- None of the Minimum Order Pressure: Packages and large quantities are in stock. Get what fits your order now and proceed with bigger amounts when you are prepared. Minimum order pressure is nonexistent.
- Discounted with bigger orders: Bulk and tiered pricing can be used. Taking bigger orders will bring down your unit cost.
- Same-Day Dispatch: Very fast delivery will make your production continue swiftly without protracted delays.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do we have the same thing as table salt, that is, Sodium Chloride?
A: The chemical name is the same; however, when it comes to the production of cosmetics, you need to use raw material grade, which has a COA.
Q: Does Sodium Chloride increase the thickness of all the cleanser formulas?
A: No. It is effective in salt-responsive systems, and not all formulas are thickeners of salt.
Q: When is Sodium Chloride to be added to a batch?
A: Add towards the end, typically when the surfactants have been mixed, and the batch is near the end of pH.
Q: Is it possible that excess Sodium Chloride would result in the product being thin?
A: Yes. The addition is to be done slowly, and a check on thickness is to be made after each little addition.
Q: Is it possible to use Sodium Chloride in sulfate-free formula?
A: Yes, sometimes, no, sometimes. A great number of sulfate-free systems do not react similarly and therefore, always test.
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