Hydroxyceteth-60 (inci)

Hydroxyceteth-60 is a polyoxyethylene ether of hydroxy cetyl alcohol (for comparison see: laurethe as polyoxyethylene ether of lauryl alcohol; steareth as polyoxyethylene ether of stearyl alcohol etc.) The substance is used in cosmetic formulations. It acts as a surfactant.

Polyalkylene glycol ethers are non-ionic surfactants whose lipophilic part consists of fatty alcohols (e.g. lauryl alcohol, palmitin alcohol, stearyl alcohols etc.). The hydrophilic part is formed by short-chain polyethylene glycols (polyoxyethylene). In the designation of fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, the inserted numbering means the average number of ethylene oxide units per mole. Hydroxy-Ceteth-60, for example, is the INCI designation for a polyoxyethylene ether with 60 ethylene oxide units per mole.

Representatives are Ceteth-1 to Ceteth-6, Ceteth-10, Ceteth-12, Ceteth-14, Ceteth-15, Ceteth-16, Ceteth-20, Ceteth-25, Ceteth-30...