The Carbopol® polymer family is based on crosslinked acrylic acid chemistry. This technology provides highly efficient thickening and excellent clarity, suspending power and emulsion stability.
As the inventor of this technology, Lubrizol has a team full of technical resources that deeply understand its use in formulating for different applications. Carbopol® polymers can be used in clear gels, surfactant systems and emulsions. They are ideal thickeners to formulate products such as laundry detergents, hard surface cleaners, dishwashing liquids, car polishes, professional cleaners, anti-icing fluids and other industrial applications.
Carbopol® polymers are available as powder or liquid emulsion polymers.
| Product Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Carbopol® 674 polymer | Carbopol® 674 polymer is a lightly crosslinked polyacrylic acid polymer powder. This polymer provides suspension at low product viscosity and improves freeze-thaw and high temperature stability. It performs well in challenging formulation environments at low and high pH. It is recommended for use in all purpose cleaners, surface cleaners, multi-purpose cleaners, drain openers, and fabric pretreatment systems. |
| Carbopol® 676 polymer | Carbopol® 676 polymer is a highly crosslinked polyacrylic acid polymer. It has short flow characteristics and relatively high viscosity performance. It is recommended for use in automatic dish care, hard surface cleaners, home care cleaning systems, and other common industrial systems. It has good viscosity stability in the presence of chlorine bleach and good efficacy in high pH systems. |
| Carbopol® 690 polymer | Carbopol® 690 polymer is a highly crosslinked polyacrylic acid polymer powder polymerized in a toxicologically-preferred cosolvent system. It has short flow characteristics and relatively high viscosity performance. It is recommended for use in automatic dish care, hard surface cleaners, home care cleaning systems, and other common industrial systems. It has good viscosity stability in the presence of chlorine bleach and good efficacy in high pH systems. |
| Carbopol® 691 polymer | Carbopol® 691 polymer is a lightly crosslinked polyacrylic acid polymer powder polymerized in a toxicologically-preferred cosolvent system. This polymer provides suspension at low product viscosity and improves freeze-thaw and high temperature stability. This polymer performs well in challenging formulation environments at low and high pH. It is recommended for use in all purpose cleaners, surface cleaners, multi-purpose cleaners, drain openers, and fabric pretreatment systems. |
| Carbopol® Aqua 25 polymer | Carbopol® Aqua 25 polymer is a lightly crosslinked alkali-swellable acrylic emulsion polymer. Carbopol Aqua 25 polymer offers suspension with relatively low viscosity compared to other Carbopol polymers. It is designed to suspend and stabilize, while having a minimal impact on the viscosity of formulations containing surfactants and emulsifiers. It is recommended for use in agricultural and home care applications. Listed as an EPA inert ingredient for non-food use only. |
| Carbopol® Aqua 30 polymer | Carbopol® Aqua 30 polymer is a lightly crosslinked alkali-swellable acrylic emulsion polymer supplied as a 30% active polymer in water. It provides excellent suspension and stabilization with long flow characteristics and relatively low viscosity compared to other Carbopol polymers. Carbopol® Aqua 30 polymer shows good compatibility with surfactants. It is recommended for use in low viscosity gels, emulsions and cleaners where suspension is required. |
| Carbopol® Aqua CC polymer | Carbopol® Aqua CC polymer is a lightly crosslinked acid-swellable amine functional emulsion polymer. It is supplied as a 20% active polymer in water. Carbopol Aqua CC polymer has long flow characteristics with relatively low viscosity compared to other Carbopol polymers. It is designed to stabilize and thicken products containing surfactants and detergents. It is recommended for a wide variety of low pH household and industrial applications. Carbopol® Aqua CC polymer is registered with EPA Inert ingredients as a nonfood use inert ingredient. |
| Carbopol® ETD 2623 polymer | Carbopol® ETD 2623 polymer is a hydrophobically-modified, easy-to-disperse, moderately crosslinked polyacrylic acid polymer powder polymerized in a toxicologically-preferred cosolvent system. It was designed to impart thickening, stabilizing, and suspension properties to a wide range of household applications. Carbopol ETD 2623 polymer was designed for use as a versatile rheology modifier in surfactant-based formulations where longer flow, enhanced ease of use, and electrolyte tolerance are key requirements. |
| Carbopol® ETD 2691 polymer | Carbopol® ETD 2691 polymer is an easy-to-disperse, lightly crosslinked polyacrylic acid polymer powder polymerized in a toxicologically-preferred cosolvent system. This polymer provides suspension at low product viscosity and improves freeze-thaw and high temperature stability. This polymer performs well in challenging formulation environments at low and high pH. It is recommended for use in all purpose cleaners, surface cleaners, multi-purpose cleaners, drain openers, and fabric pretreatment systems. |
| Carbopol® EZ-2 polymer | Carbopol® EZ-2 polymer is a self-wetting highly crosslinked acrylic acid homopolymer designed to impart thickening, stabilizing and suspension properties to a wide range of home care and institutional products. Carbopol EZ-2 polymer is an easy to use powder for use as rheology modifier in applications where high thickening and stabilization with ease of handling are required. It shows low electrolyte tolerance. |
| Carbopol® EZ-3 polymer | CCarbopol® EZ-3 polymer is a self-wetting hydrophobically-modified highly crosslinked acrylic acid copolymer designed to impart thickening, stabilizing and suspension properties to a wide range of household applications. Carbopol EZ-3 polymer is an easy to use powder for use as rheology modifier in applications where high thickening and stabilization with ease of handling are required. It shows moderate electrolyte tolerance. |
| Carbopol® EZ-4 polymer | Carbopol® EZ-4 polymer is a self-wetting hydrophobically-modified moderately crosslinked acrylic acid copolymer designed to impart thickening, stabilizing and suspension properties to a wide range of household applications. Carbopol EZ-4 polymer is an easy to use powder for use as rheology modifier in applications where thickening and stabilization with ease of handling are required. It shows good electrolyte tolerance and surfactant compatibility. |
