Montan acid wax (inci)

Montan acid wax, is a wax (fossil vegetable wax) made from mixtures of higher fatty acids (16-30 C-atoms), so-called montanic acids, which is obtained by extraction of bituminous lignite.
The refined montan acid wax is used in cosmetic formulations. It acts as an antistatic agent (reduces static charges by neutralizing the electrical charge on the surface of, for example, hair), binder (binds cosmetic preparations containing powder) and viscosity regulator (increases or reduces the viscosity of cosmetic products).

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