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Octyl dodecether(s)" are the polyoxyethylene ethers of octyl dodecanol (for comparison see: laurethe as polyoxyethylene ether of lauryl alcohol; steareth as polyoxyethylene ether of stearyl alcohol, etc.). In the name of octyldecethethene, the numbering inserted means the average number of ethylene oxide units per mole. Octyldeceth -10, for example, is the INCI designation for a polyoxyethylene ether with 10 ethylene oxide units per mole.
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