Antistatic agents cationic

This material is a durable antistatic agent, cationic in nature, and compounded to give excellent antistat properties on all synthetic fabrics and fibers. This is especially useful on either woven or non-woven materials. Moderate to high drying temperatures, here again, will produce some degree of durability. 

In addition to all of these components, a modern commercial detergent may also contain antistatic agents (cationic surfactants added to reduce static cling) hydro-tropes (compounds added to liquid detergents to hold less-soluble surfactants and other compounds in solution) and, of course, fragrances and perfumes and inert fillers and formulation aids that keep powdered detergents free flowing. 

A wide class of aiyl-based quaternary surfactants derives from heterocycles such as pyridine and quinoline. The Aralkyl pyridinium halides are easily synthesized from alkyl halides, and the paraquat family, based upon the 4, 4 -bipyridine species, provides many interesting surface active species widely studied in electron donor-acceptor processes. Cationic surfactants are not particularly useful as cleansing agents, but they play a widespread role as charge control (antistatic) agents in detergency and in many coating and thin film related products. 

Amines are important industrial chemicals which are involved in everyday life [3, 4]. Apart from the usual classification into primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, the distinction is often made between lighf amines (less than six-carbon substituents) and fatty amines. light amines are intermediates for the synthesis of drugs, herbicides, cosmetics, etc. [3]. They also find use as vulcanization accelerators and extraction agents. Fatty amines are involved in the synthesis of corrosion inhibitors and cationic surfactants, which are used in ore flotation processes and are good fabric softeners and antistatic agents [4—6],... 

Compositions and functions of typical commercial products in the 2-alkyl-l-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-imidazolines series are given in Table 29. 2-Alkyl-l-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-imidazolines are used in hydrocarbon and aqueous systems as antistatic agents, corrosion inhibitors, detergents, emulsifiers, softeners, and viscosity builders. They are prepared by heating the salt of a carboxylic acid with (2-hydroxyethyl)ethylenediamine at 150—160°C to form a substituted amide 1 mol water is eliminated to form the substituted imidazoline with further heating at 180—200°C. Substituted imidazolines yield three series of cationic surfactants by ethoxylation to form more hydrophilic products quatemization with benzyl chloride, dimethyl sulfate, and other alkyl halides and oxidation with hydrogen peroxide to amine oxides. 

Commercially important surfactants based on heterocyclic structures are relatively few in number (B-80MI11510) the most important are the cationic compounds derived from imidazoline (48). Cetyl pyridinium halides (49) are used as germicides and sanitizing agents. Piperidinium (50) and morpholinium (51) compounds find application in hair conditioning formulations as antistatic agents. Substituted oxazolines (52) are a class of cationic dispersants and corrosion inhibitors. 

Cationic surfactants have applications such as inhibiting the growth of bacteria, inhibiting corrosion, separating phosphate ore from silica and potassium chloride from sodium chloride (flotation agents), and they serve well as fabric softeners, antistatic agents, and hair conditioners. 

Cationic surfactants tend to be specialty items that are tailored for diverse uses such as germicides, textile applications, corrosion inhibitors, and fabric softeners. Their primary growth has been in fabric softeners for home laundry detergents. Because cationics are antistatic agents, they perform well in removing static charges associated with synthetic fabrics. 

By adding an antistatic agent (complex non-ionic or cationic materials), the surface resistivity is reduced, along with a reduction in static charge accumulation. The agent functions by the formation of an antistatic layer on the surface, which by attraction of moisture and in combination with the antistatic agent itself, conducts away charges. 

ANEDCO AC-164 is a versatile basic intermediate which can be further modified. It may also be used in other applications such as in fuels or lube oils. Other applications for ANEDCO AC-164 are as an inhibitor, a wetting agent, an emulsifier, and a cationic surfactant. Derivatives of ANEDCO AC-164 are useful as corrosion inhibitors for down-hole inhibition, invert emulsifiers, dispersants, and antistatic agents. 

A moderately durable anti-static agent, cationic in nature and completely soluble in water for application purposes. With moderate to fairly high drying temperatures, this leaves the residue as a durable antistatic material remaining. This material, of course, is useful on synthetic fibers in general and will not impair the tensile strength of the fabric. 

Cationic antistatic agent for synthetic fibers. Applied by either pad or long bath, allows full antistatic protection with virtually no alterations to hand. Compatible with cationic and nonionic agents. 

Cationic softener with excellent antistatic, improves the smoothness of fibers, can be applied as antistatic agent in the backwash on wool and acrylic tops. 

Antistatic agent for spray application on carpet pile, slightly cationic. 

Cationic surfactants are mainly employed for the purpose of achieving certain special effects, which include applications in rinse-cycle fabric softeners, antistatic agents, and microbicides [4]. 

Use Paper debonders, dye retarders, organophilic clays, antistatic agents, car-wash rinse aids, sugar clarification, fabric softeners, creme rinses. A high performance cationic quaternary fabric softener for retail, industrial, laundry, textile, and paper softener applications. 

Avitex [Du Pont], TM for a group of textile softeners, lubricants, and antistatic agents. Both anionic and cationic types are available. 

Drustate [Drew]. TM for a series of cationic fatty amino amide condensates, alkyl sulfates. Use Antistatic agents. 

Amine oxides are also employed to improve foam characteristics and stabilize lather, especially at moderately acidic pH values. CAP (cocamidopropyl) amine oxide is one of the most commonly used amine oxides. These materials act as nonionics at the near-neutral pH encountered in shampoos but are easily protonated at acidic pH. As a result, they sometimes behave as cationics and act as conditioning and antistatic agents as well in a properly formulated system [13,19],... 

All surfactants develop an antistatic activity. Their efficacy relies both on their ionic character and their capacity to bind water [23], However, the most efficient antistatic agents are cationic softeners, because of their high affinity for fabrics [20], Moreover they also reduce the generation of static electricity by lubricating fibers and reducing interfiber friction [10]. 

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