Description: This pearl-white powder is a highly versatile polymer used across cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and personal-care formulations. Known for its exceptional emulsifying, stabilizing, suspending, thickening, and gelling properties, Carbomer 940/ Carbopol 940 is a key functional ingredient that provides luxurious texture, clarity, and viscosity control in gels, creams, and lotions.
Solubility: Swellable in water, glycerin, and ethanol.
Usage Rate: 0.2% – 1.0%
Recommended pH Range: 5.0 – 7.0 pH
Applications: • Used in manufacturing hair styling gels, bath gels, hand and body lotions, creams, and clear gels. • Ideal for creating sparkling-clear gels and luxurious personal-care formulations. • Suitable for thickening conditioners, lotions, and body butters. • Provides improved flow, texture, and spreadability to cosmetic products. • Widely used in serums and hand washes for viscosity control. • Works as a film-former and binder in leave-on and rinse-off products.
Function: • Acts as a thickener to increase viscosity. • Functions as a stabilizer in complex formulations. • Works as a gelling agent for transparent aqueous gels. • Provides suspending properties for insoluble particles. • Improves texture by offering softness and glide. • Controls dripping due to molecular cross-linking.
Storage: Store in a cool, dry place away from moisture, heat, and direct sunlight. Keep the container tightly sealed to avoid premature hydration.
