Rapid Wetting For HI&I Cleaning This sales tool highlights the Stepan surfactants that have rapid wetting. Wetting is an important property of surfactants for hard surface cleaning, and it is defined as the ability of a surfactant solution to spread on a surface, which contributes to rapid cleaning. Quick spreading of a surfactant makes soil removal easier, requiring less time and energy. Surfactants that exhibit fast wetting and low foaming properties are beneficial for certain Institutional & Industrial (I&I) applications since excessive foam is often disruptive to the cleaning process. The following chart highlights the top 14 surfactants that exhibit fast wetting and low foaming properties.

Typical Applications:

Notes: Wetting determined by the Draves Wetting Test Method (ASTM D2281-68). Rapid wetting is defined to be ≤ 40 seconds.

Foam data determined by the High Shear Foam Height Method (ASTM D3519-88). Low foam is defined to be ≤ 40 mm initial foam.

All products are stocked at our Joliet, IL packaged warehouse with the exception of BIO-SOFT® EC-600, MAKON® DA-4, MAKON® NF 61-L, MAKON® TD-3, MAKON® TD-6, and MERPOL® SH.

MAKON® NF 61-L Polyalkylene Glycol 0 0

BIO-SOFT® N1-3 Linear Alcohol (C11) Ethoxylate, POE-3 9 9

MAKON® TD-6 Tridecyl Alcohol Ethoxylate, POE-6 22 15

MAKON® NF-12 Lauryl Alcohol Alkoxylate 1 1

BIO-SOFT® N91-2.5 Linear Alcohol (C9-11) Ethoxylate, POE-2.5 10 8

MERPOL® SE Alcohol Ethoxylate 11 11

Most Rapid Wetting / Lowest Foaming Products

Clean-In-Place (CIP)

Ware Washing

Metal Cleaning

Machine Floor Scrubbing

Rinse Aid

Industrial & Commercial Laundry

Initial 5 min

High Shear Foam

Draves Wetting

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

MAKON® DA-4 Decyl Alcohol Ethoxylate, POE-4 32 28

MERPOL® A Alcohol Phosphate 19 14

BIO-SOFT® N25-7 Linear Alcohol (C12-15) Ethoxylate, POE-7 35 30

BIO-SOFT® EC-690 Lauryl Alcohol (C12-14) Ethoxylate, POE-7 37 30

MAKON® TD-3 Tridecyl Alcohol Ethoxylate, POE-3 2 2

BIO-SOFT® EC-600 Lauryl Alcohol (C12-14) Ethoxylate, POE-7 38 35

BIO-SOFT® N1-5 Linear Alcohol (C11) Ethoxylate, POE-5 28 26

MERPOL® SH Nonionic Surfactant Solution 40 39

Chemical Description Stepan Trade Name

Seconds Millimeters

AMMONYX® LO (pH 7-8)

Lauramine Oxide

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MERPOL® SE Alcohol Ethoxylate

AMMONYX® MCO (pH 11-12)

Myristyl/Cetyl Amine Oxide

AMMONYX® MO (pH 11-12)

Myristamine Oxide

MAKON® OP-9 Octyl Phenol Ethoxylate, POE-9

POLYSTEP® B-27 Sodium Nonylphenol Ethoxylate Sulfate

BIO-SOFT® N1-5 Linear Alcohol (C11) Ethoxylate, POE-5

MAKON® 10 Nonyl Phenol Ethoxylate, POE-10

Draves Wetting

MAKON® 8 Nonyl Phenol Ethoxylate, POE-8

MAKON® DA-6 Decyl Alcohol Ethoxylate, POE-6

BIO-SOFT® D-40 Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate, Linear

BIO-SOFT® D-62 LT Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate, Linear

NACCONOL® 90G Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate, Linear

POLYSTEP® A-15-30K Potassium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate, Linear

AMMONYX® LO SPECIAL (pH 2-3)

Lauramine Oxide

AMMONYX® LO SPECIAL (pH 11-12)

Lauramine Oxide

AMMONYX® MCO (pH 7-8)

Myristyl/Cetyl Amine Oxide

MAKON® DA-4 Decyl Alcohol Ethoxylate, POE-4

MERPOL® SH Alcohol Ethoxylate

G-3300 Amine Alkyl Aryl Sulfonate

AMMONYX® LO SPECIAL (pH 7-8)

Lauramine Oxide

AMMONYX® MO (pH 7-8)

Myristamine Oxide

STEPWET® DOS-70 Sodium Dioctyl Sulfosuccinate

POLYSTEP® A-16-22 Sodium Dodecylbenzene Sulfonate, Branched

Notes: AMPHOSOL® and AMMONYX® were evaluated at acidic, neutral and alkaline pH because the pH may affect their wetting capabilities. All other

products were evaluated at neutral pH.

Wetting determined by the Draves Wetting Test Method (ASTM D2281-68). Rapid wetting is defined to be ≤ 40 seconds.

Please refer to the Stepan Product Selector Guide for Household, Institutional & Industrial Cleaning (HI&I) for wetting data on other Stepan surfactants for the HI&I market.

All products are stocked at our Joliet, IL packaged warehouse with the exception of MAKON® DA-4, MAKON® DA-6, MERPOL® SE, and POLYSTEP® A-15-30K.

The following chart highlights the most rapid wetting Stepan surfactants regardless of foam height.

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BIO-SOFT® N91-6 Linear Alcohol (C9-11) Ethoxylate, POE-6

Most Rapid Wetting Products

Seconds

Chemical Description Stepan Trade Name