BIO-TERGE® AS-90 BEADS is an economical and versatile, biodegradable surfactant. It is a high active, spray dried material with excellent wetting, foaming, and detersive properties in alkaline, acid, or neutral media and in the presence of metallic salts commonly found in hard waters. This product is used in a variety of household and industrial applications including shampoos, hand soaps and bath products as well as dust control, carpet frother, concrete foamer and fire fighting. It provides excellent flash foam and is stable over a broad pH range.

STEPANOL DCFAS-P is an anionic surfactant providing rapid viscosity response. It can be used in dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, hard surface care, shampoo, body wash, liquid hand soap, facial cleanser and bath product formulations. This product meets the U.S. EPA Safer Choice Program's surfactant screen and is listed on www.cleangredients.org.

LIOSIL® FC 207 E is a nonionic micro emulsion of an aminomodified silicone fluid, especially for fabric softeners. Technical data General Characteristics Property Condition Value Method pH - 3.5 - 6.5 Indicator strips Emulsifier type - nonionic - Active ingredients content - approx. 34 % - Solid content - approx. 50 % Microwave oven Appearance - clear, opaque - Ionogenity - Nonionic - pH - approx. 3.5 - 6.5 Indicator strips These figures

Emollients for softening and smoothing are complex mixtures of chemical agents. Humectants are used in topical dosage forms to increase the solubility of the active ingredient. PG USP also uses additives, such as an emulsion stabilizer, dispersant, coupling agent, and viscosity modifier, in pharmaceutical applications.