Product Fact Sheet

HOSTAPON®
ISETHIONATES

Ideal Surfactants for Personal Care and Cleansing

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HOSTAPON® sodium cocoyl isethionates (SCI) are mild, high-foaming,

anionic surfactants available from Clariant. As the world’s largest specialty
chemical company, Clariant brings a global perspective to the personal care
market, as well as over seventy years of experience in the area of isethionate
production. HOSTAPON® SCI products are highly suited for use in syndet bars,
combo bars, liquid soaps and a variety of other personal care products.
HOSTAPON® SCI produces a creamy and abundant lather that cleanses gently
and leaves the skin with a luxurious, silky feel. It is also hard water tolerant and
will not leave a soap film or residue like ordinary soaps.

Two high quality grades of Hostapon SCI are available in various easily handled
forms:

HOSTAPON® SCI 85 is a high active form of sodium cocoyl isethionate (>84%

active, available in flake, granular or powder form)

HOSTAPON® SCI 65 is pre-blended with stearic acid (ca. 65% active, available
in flake form)

All HOSTAPON® SCI grades are based on purified coconut oil, a natural and
renewable resource.

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Features Benefits
− Very low irritation − Mild to skin and eyes
− Excellent foamer − Rich and abundant lather
− Lubricity − Imparts silky skin after-feel
− Hard water tolerant − Leaves no soap scum
− Limited water solubility − Rinses free from skin CLARIANT INTERNATIONAL LTD

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Typical Properties: CONSUMER SPECIALTIES

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SCI 65 C SCI 85 C SCI 85 G SCI 85 P
Physical Form Flakes Flakes Granule Powder
Particle size
% Active 65 87 87 87
% Stearic Acid 18 - - -
% Total Fatty Acid 30 7 7 7
Color (APHA 20 10 10 10
5%soln)
% Moisture <0.5 <0.3 <0.3 <0.3

Typical Ester C-Chain distribution of Hostapon® SCI (%)

C-Chain %
C8 5.0
C10 6.0
C12 50.0
C14 19.0
C16 10.0
C18 10.0
C18:1 <0.1

SUITABLE FOR A VARIETY OF FOAMING PRODUCTS

The following are examples of the many personal care products that can benefit
from the mild cleansing properties of HOSTAPON® SCI:

Syndet Bars
With its excellent lathering characteristics, mildness, and skin feel effects,
HOSTAPON® SCI is the detergent of choice for syndet bars, in which no
conventional soap is used.

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Combo Bars
In combo bars, or combars, in which soap and detergent products are formulated
together, HOSTAPON® SCI enhances the lathering properties of the bar in hard
water. Use of sodium cocoyl isethionate in combo bars also improves their lime
soap dispersion properties, thus producing a rich lather that rinses away readily
and leaves little soap residue.
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afterfeel to a variety of liquid personal care products, such as liquid soaps,
shampoos, facial cleansers, and shower gels. Products can be formulated to BUSINESS UNIT INDUSTRIAL &
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achieve either a clear or a pearlescent appearance, using either HOSTAPON®
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SCI 85 or HOSTAPON® SCI 65.
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Others
HOSTAPON® SCI can also be used in a wide variety of other personal care
products, such as hair mousse, shaving foams…anywhere that mildness and rich
dense foam are desired.

HOSTAPON® SCI PERFORMANCE DATA

In addition to its characteristic mildness, HOSTAPON® SCI exhibits excellent

performance in areas such as foam density, foam stability, lime soap dispersion
and surface activity.

Foam Height
As shown in the table below, HOSTAPON® SCI gives abundant and stable foam
even in hard water conditions, and performs well compared to other commonly
used anionics.

Ross Miles Foam Height* (mm)

Surfactant (0.2% At 0 ppm At 150 ppm At 300 ppm
active) Water Hardness Water Hardness Water Hardness
(Initial/Final) (Initial/Final) (Initial/Final)
HOSTAPON® SCI 180/180 225/225 220/220
Sodium Lauryl 180/175 165/20 180/15
Sulfosuccinate
Sodium Laureth 190/190 230/225 235/235
Sulfate
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate 210/175 215/200 230/210
*test run at 50°C for 5 minutes

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Lime Soap Dispersion
Sodium cocoyl isethionate is advantageous in that it is hard water stable is even
effective at soap scum dispersion when formulated together with traditional
soap. The Lime Soap Dispersion Index is the amount of surfactant needed to
disperse 100 parts calcium oleate.

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HOSTAPON® SCI 22.8
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Surface Tension and Critical Micelle Concentration

The degree of lowering of the surface tension relates directly to the surfactant's
wetting ability and degree of surface activity. As its low relative CMC indicates,
SCI is effective at low use concentrations.

Surface Tension and CMC Values at 25°C

Surfactant Surface Tension
Of 0.1% active solution CMC Values
(Dynes/cm) (mg/l)
HOSTAPON® SCI 25.2 280
Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate 31.3 560
Sodium Laureth Sulfate 33.4 110
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate 32.0 8.2

ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE
Sodium cocoyl isethionate has been shown to have very low toxicity and low
irritancy properties
− Oral toxicity: LD50: >2,000 mg/kg
− Primary Dermal Irritation (10% solids): Non-irritant
− Primary Eye Irritation: Moderate irritant
− Oleochemical based
− Biodegradable

While sodium cocoyl isethionate and sodium isethionate have a long history of
safe use, manufacturers who use HOSTAPON® isethionates should obtain a
current Material Safety Data Sheet from Clariant, and carefully adhere to
recommended handling practices.

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FORMULATIONS
The following formulations represent a few examples of some of the many
foaming personal care products that HOSTAPON® Isethionates can be used in.

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A HOSTAPON SCI 65 C (Clariant) 4.0 %
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Genapol PDB (Clariant) 4.0 % www.ics.clariant.com
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Cocamidopropyl Betaine
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Genagen CAB (Clariant) 6.0 %
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
Dye solution q.s.
Preservative q.s.
D Sodium Chloride 1.8 %

Procedure: (I) Dissolve A in B while heating to 60°C, then cool down; (II) At approx.
35°C,
add the components of C to I; (III) Adjust the pH if necessary; (IV) Adjust the viscosity
with D

Therapeutic Shower Gel (AI/8068)

Ingredient Amount
A ALLANTOIN (Clariant) 0.40%
ALLANTOIN
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HOSTAPON SCI 65 C (Clariant) 4.0 %
Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate (and) Stearic acid
B Water 51.5 %
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C Genapol LRO liquid (Clariant) 30.0 %
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
PEG-7 Glyceryl Cocoate 2.0%
Fragrance 0.5 %
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Genapol PGM (Clariant) 4.0 %
Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycol Distearate,
Cocamide MEA
Dye solution q.s.
Preservative q.s.

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Genagen CAB (Clariant) 5.0 %
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
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Genapol 26-L-3 (Genapol® L-3) (Clariant) 2.0 %
Laureth-3
D Sodium Chloride 0.6 %
Procedure: (I) Dissolve the components of A in B while heating to approximately 60°C,
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HOSTAPON® SI
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additive in personal care formulations containing sodium cocoyl isethionate. www.ics.clariant.com
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57%) Clariant Corporation is thus back integrated in the raw materials used to
produce sodium cocoyl isethionate, and so brings an extra depth of experience to
the production of isethionate derivatives, such as HOSTAPON® SCI.

FURTHER INFORMATION
To discuss how HOSTAPON SCI or HOSTAPON SI could benefit your personal
care formulations, to obtain additional guide formulations or to obtain samples,
please contact your local Clariant at the offices listed below.

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