Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylates 2EO - C12-C14 Nonionic Surfactant

Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylates 2EO are low-ethoxylated nonionic surfactants produced by reacting fatty alcohols with approximately two moles of ethylene oxide. C12-C14 grades are commonly identified as Alcohols, C12-14, ethoxylated, CAS 68439-50-9 and EC/List No. 500-213-3. Their combination of a hydrophobic fatty-alcohol chain and hydrophilic ethoxylate groups provides useful surface-active properties for detergent, cleaning and industrial formulations.

Commercial Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylate 2EO is a distribution of fatty-alcohol chain lengths and ethoxylation levels rather than a single molecular compound. It is therefore better represented by the general structure R-O-(CH₂CH₂O)₂-H, where R predominantly represents C12-C14 alkyl groups.

Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylates are widely used in surfactant and detergent chemistry for their wetting, emulsification and cleaning properties. Typical applications include laundry detergents, household cleaners, hard-surface cleaners and industrial cleaning products. Low-EO C12-C14 alcohol ethoxylates are also important intermediates for manufacturing downstream surfactants such as sodium laureth sulfate (SLES). Thai Ethoxylate's product information specifically lists SLES raw material, detergents, household cleaning and industrial cleaning among the applications of its fatty alcohol ethoxylates.

C12-C14 Fatty Alcohol Ethoxylate 2EO also has applications in textile wetting and scouring, agricultural emulsification, leather processing, paper wetting, industrial formulations and personal-care surfactant manufacture. Suitability for shampoos, body washes or other cosmetic products should be confirmed against the exact commercial grade and regulatory specification. Fatty alcohol ethoxylates therefore provide manufacturers with a versatile nonionic surfactant platform across home care, personal care and specialty industrial chemistry.