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Sodium Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
Sodium Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer
A ready-to-use gel thickener. It swells in water to thicken, keep particles suspended and hold oil and water together.
What it does
A synthetic thickener that comes already balanced for pH. It swells in water into a gel that thickens the product, keeps particles suspended, and helps hold oil and water together without an extra step.
The evidence, graded
expert consensusUS safety reviewers (2019) assessed 126 acrylates copolymers, which products use mostly to form a film and often to thicken. Their conclusion lists all 126 by name, sodium polyacrylate and acrylates copolymer among them. They judged all 126 safe as used, in products made not to irritate, as their 2002 report had. They also said makers shouldn’t make these polymers in benzene.Fiume 2019 · Cosmetic Ingredient Review ↗
Graded per the methodology: strong · moderate · emerging · expert consensus. A weak source on a strong claim gets the weaker label.
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