Product Description
100% active, 60,000 cSt, polydimethylsiloxane polymer. INCI Name: Dimethicone
Uses
- Automotive
- Furniture
- Metal
- Specialty polishes
- Protective creams
- Aerosol shave lathers
- Antiperspirants, and other personal care products
- Petroleum production and refinery operations
- Coatings additive
- Damping fluid
- Elastomer and plastics lubricant
- Electrical insulating fluid
- Mechanical fluid
- Mold release agent
- Plastics additive
- Specialty chemical products ingredient
- Leather finishing
- Surface active agent
Benefits
- Ease of application and rubout
- Ease of buffing
- Enhances color
- High water repellency
- High compressibility
- High shearability without breakdown
- High spreadability and compatibility
- Low environmental hazard
- Low fire hazard
- Low reactivity and vapor pressure
- Low surface energy
- Good heat stability
- Essentially odorless, tasteless and nontoxic
- Soluble in a wide range of solvents For personal care applications
- Imparts soft, velvety skin feel
- Spreads easily on both skin and hair
- De-soaping (prevents foaming during rubout) For industrial applications
- High dielectric strength
- High damping action
- Oxidation-, chemical- and weather-resistant
- Does not contain ingredients of animal origin (Suitable for Vegan)
- Non-GMO*
- Based on our knowledge available at this time, Dow does not expect this product to be classified as nanomaterial*
- No animal cross contamination
- No porcine contamination
*See Regulatory Datasheet for further details