Carbopol® Polymers
The Carbopol® polymer family is based on crosslinked acrylic acid chemistry. This technology provides highly efficient thickening and excellent clarity, suspending power and emulsion stability.
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As the inventor of this technology, Lubrizol has a team full of technical resources that deeply understand its use in formulating for different applications. Carbopol® polymers can be used in clear gels, surfactant systems and emulsions. They are ideal thickeners to formulate products such as laundry detergents, hard surface cleaners, dishwashing liquids, car polishes, professional cleaners, anti-icing fluids and other industrial applications.
Carbopol® polymers are available as powder or liquid emulsion polymers.
Traditional Carbopol® powder polymers deliver effective rheology modification. These polymers have varying levels of crosslinking, providing a portfolio of functionally diverse performance options. Easier dispersion powdered products such as the EZ and ETD grades offer greater versatility in formulation and handling performance.
Carbopol® Aqua polymers are lightly crosslinked acrylic emulsion polymers. Carbopol® Aqua 30 polymer is an alkali swellable polymer that provides excellent suspension and stabilization properties in a broad range of systems, including surfactant-containing applications and emulsions. Carbopol® Aqua CC polymer is an acid swellable polymer that is cationic compatible and provides suspension and thickening for low pH applications.
Carbopol® Aqua polymers are lightly crosslinked acrylic emulsion polymers. Carbopol® Aqua 30 polymer is an alkali swellable polymer that provides excellent suspension and stabilization properties in a broad range of systems, including surfactant-containing applications and emulsions. Carbopol® Aqua CC polymer is an acid swellable polymer that is cationic compatible and provides suspension and thickening for low pH applications.
Advantages
- High thickening & suspending efficiency
- Diverse viscosity offerings for broad range of product textures and flow properties
- Excellent clarity
- Stabilization of emulsions
- Provides shear-thinning rheology to enable easy pumping and spraying
- Excellent vertical cling for increased surface contact time
- Excellent freeze-thaw and high temperature stability
- Imparts instant thickening upon neutralization