Surfactants

Ascent’s Betaines are amphoteric co-surfactants that enhance foam, improve wetting, and support viscosity building when paired with anionics. They deliver mild cleansing performance and maintain stability in acidic or alkaline systems, making them useful in personal care products, vehicle care, hard surface cleaners, and other formulations that benefit from gentle yet effective surfactancy.

Ascent Chemicals' Dioctyl Sulfosuccinates are high-efficiency anionic surfactants known for outstanding wetting, emulsifying, and dispersing power. Their fast action, low foam profile, and broad solvent compatibility make them versatile additives in demanding formulations across markets such as agriculture, metalworking, textiles, and industrial processing. These DOSS grades deliver strong performance even at low use levels, supporting efficient, high-performing systems.

Ascent Chemicals’ Sodium Laureth Sulfosuccinates area mild, low-color anionic sulfosuccinate surfactants based on an ethoxylated lauryl alcohol structure, delivering effective wetting, emulsification, and stabilization in water-based systems. They performs as a versatile additive in latex emulsion polymerization for paints, coatings, adhesives, and related formulations, while also providing rich, stable foam for personal care and HI&I cleaners. In blends with Sodium Laureth Sulfate (SLES), DLSS helps boost foam volume, foam stability, and viscosity response, enabling high-performance formulations with improved skin and eye mildness.

Ascent’s Disodium Sulfosuccinamates are mild anionic co-surfactants that boost foam creaminess, reduce irritation, and improve wetting. Ideal for hand dish liquids, vehicle shampoos, hard surface cleaners, and light-duty degreasers. They aid solubilization of oils and fragrances and work well with nonionic and amphoteric partners for stable, easy-to-rinse formulas.

Ascent Chemicals’ Fatty Acid Soaps are reliable anionic surfactants derived from natural fatty acids, offering strong wetting, emulsification, and quick-foaming performance. These renewable, plant-based and tallow-based soaps function as effective emulsifiers, dispersants, and cleaning agents across a range of formulations. Suitable for both soft-water and built systems, they provide economical, straightforward performance for industries that value natural feedstocks and versatile processing behavior.

Ascent Chemicals’ Phosphated Esters are anionic surfactants that improve wetting, emulsification, and oil–solvent coupling. They remain stable across wide pH and electrolyte ranges and provide natural corrosion-inhibiting benefits. Their versatility makes them valuable in metalworking fluids, industrial and acid cleaners, and systems requiring antistatic control or pigment dispersion.

Ascent Chemicals’ Sulfated and Sulfonated surfactants provide fast wetting, strong detergency, and reliable soil dispersion across a wide range of conditions. Their balanced foaming profiles and tolerance to water hardness make them adaptable to industries such as textiles, metalworking, oil and gas, agriculture, and institutional cleaning. These versatile surfactants support efficient formulation of cleaners, emulsifiers, dispersants, and process aids in demanding environments.

Ascent Chemicals’ Sulfated Specialties are customizable sulfate surfactants designed for fast wetting, strong detergency, and rich foam. Their adjustable chain lengths and EO levels allow formulators to fine-tune solubility, viscosity, and performance across a wide range of systems. These surfactants support applications from industrial and institutional cleaning to textiles, vehicle wash, agricultural adjuvants, and general-purpose degreasing, offering a flexible way to meet specific wetting and cleaning targets.

Ascent Chemicals’ Corrosion Inhibitors protect metal surfaces by forming durable adsorbed films that resist acid, salt, and moisture attack. These cationic actives perform across a wide pH range and are used in systems such as metalworking fluids, descalers, industrial cleaners, and maintenance formulations. The portfolio includes amines, amidoamines, quats, and imidazolines that support strong corrosion resistance and broad electrolyte compatibility.

Ascent Chemicals’ Quaternary Ammonium Compounds are permanent cationic surfactants that anchor to surfaces to deliver conditioning, emulsification, and corrosion-inhibiting properties. Their tunable structures support broad use in fabric care, metalworking fluids, vehicle care, and select cleaning and processing systems. Options are available for targeted solubility, and foam control.

Ascent Chemicals’ Alkanolamides are nonionic co-surfactants that enhance foam, improve wetting, and support grease removal across a wide range of formulations. They build viscosity with anionics, offer strong solvent compatibility, and provide reliable salt-thickening. These versatile ingredients perform well in cleaners, lubricants, textile processing, and other systems requiring targeted viscosity control and stable foam performance.

Ascent Chemicals’ PEG Esters are nonionic emulsifiers produced by reacting fatty acids with polyethylene glycol. They emulsify oils, solubilize fragrances, and improve wetting with low to moderate foam. These esters stabilize oil-in-water systems and tolerate a wide range of electrolytes and acids. Common uses include hard-surface and metal cleaners, degreasers, rinse aids, textile processing, and vehicle wash products where clarity and mildness are important.