Aculyn Rheology Modifiers

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Aculyn™ Rheology Modifiers
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Aculyn™ rheology modifiers can help you adjust flow properties, stabilize and thicken formulations, suspend particles in clear solutions, and make formulations more gentle by using them as polymeric emulsifiers. Aculyn™ rheology modifiers allow for a wide breadth of possible formulation and product types, including gels, emulsions and clear solutions.

PRODUCT COMPARISON AT A GLANCE*

	Aculyn™
	22	28	33	38	44	46	88
Chemistry	HASE	HASE	ASE	ASE	HEUR	HEUR	HASE xl
Association	Very high	Very high	None	None	Very high	Very high	Very high
Ionic Nature	Anionic	Anionic	Anionic	Anionic	Aonionic	Nonionic	Anionic
Solvent	Water	Water	Water	Water	60/40 PG/water	Water	Water
pHs	2.7	3	3	2.7	8-9	6-8	3.8
Rheology	Short, non stringy	Short, non stringy	Short, buttery	Short, smooth	Stringy, tacky	Stringy, tacky	Short, non stringy
Salt Tolerance	Exc.	Exc.	Good	Good	Exc.	Exc.	Good
Sheer Thinning	Exc.	Exc.	Good	Exc.	Good	Good	Exc.
Low pH Compatibility	Good	Good	No	Fair	Exc.	Exc.	Good
Anionic Compatibility	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Good	Good	Exc.
Nonionic Compatibility	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.	Exc.
Cationic Compatibility	Some	Some	No	Good	Exc.	Exc.	Some

*The values presented in this chart should not be considered as product specifications.

ACULYN™ 22
A very efficient thickener for difficult to thicken surfactant systems.

ACULYN™ 28
A very efficient thickener for a wide array of personal care formulations.

ACULYN™ 33
Effective thickener particularly suited to formulations containing polar solvents.

ACULYN™ 38
Effective thickener particularly suited to clear surfactant formulations.

ACULYN™ 44
Excellent thickener for inorganic sunscreen formulations.

ACULYN™ 46
Efficient shear thinning thickener compatible with cationics.

ACULYN™ 88
Excellent thickener for high surfactant formulations that adds lipid texture.