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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

What is Deodorant Sticks & its General Ingredients


Deodorant Sticks with no antiperspirant have also been found in stick form. O’Neil had mad a preparation of 25% zinc oxide, 25% boric acid, 33% spermaceti, 16.75 petrolatum, and 0.25% petroleum oil moulded in a stick form. It is a thin film which applied rubbing on the skin.

Another increasingly popular type of deodorant stick is madewith 5-10% sodium stearate or with a hard soaps 2-5% off humectant. It also needs alcohol and perfume.
The gel may be formed by dissolving soap in warm alcohol or saponification of an alcoholic solution of stearic acid with sodium hydroxide.
The solidifying temperature will vary with concentration of soap. This then is poured hot into moulds.

General Formula 1

Sodium stearate                               8.00%
Sorbitol Syrup                                  5.00%
Hyamine 1622                                  0.25%
Water                                                8.75%
Ethyl alcohol SD 40                         75.00%
Perfume                                            3.00%


General Formula 2

Hard soap                                                  8.00%
Isopropyl myristate                                   10.00%
Glycerol                                                     3.00%
Cetyl trmethyl ammonium bromide                   0.25%
Ethyl alcohol SD 40                                  75.75%
Perfume                                                     3.00%

General Formula 3

Amerchol-L-101                                        10.0%
Glyceryl monostearate                              13.5%
Spermaceti                                                 1.5%
Tween 60                                                   8.5%
Isopropyl Palmitate                                   3.0%
Water                                                         63%
Perfume                                                     q.s.
Hexachlorophene                                       0.5%


Very few products have these ideal requirements. However, with new astringent varied emulsifier and attractive packaging. It is inevitable that many new products find their way into the market.



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