Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Name
- Supplied By
- Cleaning Ingredients Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Segments
- Home Care Applications
- I&I Cleaning Applications
Properties
- Physical Form
- Solubility
- Appearance
- Clear to slightly turbid liquid, free of foreign matter (at 30°C)
- Soluble in
- Water
Safety & Health
- Environmental Safety Information
- SURFONIC® N-120 surfactants and related products have been shown to undergo 90% to 100% loss of surface activity (primary biodegradation) under the Semi-continuous Activated Sludge Method and over 90% removal in sewage treatment plants.
- Environmental concentrations of nonylphenol (NP) and ethoxylate (NPE) in a survey of rivers across the U.S. receiving treated or untreated wastewater are mostly (60-75%) below their detection limits (0.1 microgram/kg or ppb for NP, NPE1 and NPE2; 1.6 ppb for the aggregate of NPE3-17).
- Highest levels found of NP, NPE1 and NPE2 were about 1 ppb, (about 15 ppb for NPE3-17). These maximum observed levels are 1 to 2 orders of magnitude below known acute or chronic toxicity toward aquatic organisms. We conclude from this and other published information that our SURFONIC® N-120 products and other NPE are satisfactorily biodegraded when treated in conventional secondary treatment plants, and no persistence or accumulation of NPE or environmental harm due to NPE is occurring.
- Comparison of the toxicity threshold of the most hazardous metabolite of nonylphenol ethoxylates, nonylphenol, and its actual concentration in the environment demonstrates a sizable safety margin. Cleaning products containing NPE may be disposed of safely by flushing down the drain with water.
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Type
- Regional Availability
- Package Information
SURFONIC® N-120 is available in tank cars, tank trucks and drums of 470 pounds (205 kilograms) net weight.
Storage & Handling
- Storage and Handling Information
- SURFONIC® N-120 surfactant may be satisfactorily stored in carbon steel tanks using steel pipes and pumps. Caution must be exercised, however, to keep the material in the anhydrous state to prevent severe corrosion to the carbon steel tank and related equipment. A drier on the breathing nozzle is recommended to help maintain anhydrous conditions in the storage tank.
- For longer term color stability, it is recommended that the product be stored under an inert atmosphere. Solid sediment may form upon standing. There should be circulation in the storage vessel to keep solids suspended.
- Low pressure steam coils in storage tanks and steam tracing of transfer lines should be provided in cases where low environmental temperatures may make pumping of the product difficult.