Synonym(s)
NPE; NPEO
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Nonylphenol ethoxylates represent a group of non-ionic surfactants derived from nonylphenols. They differ in the number of hydrophilic ethoxy units of the polyethylene glycol side chain. Their most frequent representatives used in cosmetics are:
nonoxinol-1 to nonoxinol-18