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Triton™ CG-110

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Non-ionic surfactant

Synonym(s):

Alkyl polyglucoside (APG)-natural surfactant

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CAS Number:
68515-73-1
UNSPSC Code:
12161902
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

laboratory grade

Quality Level

100

description

non-ionic

form

liquid

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Design for Degradation
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CMC

1748 ppm (25°C)

transition temp

pour point -15 °C
cloud point >100 °C (1 wt% actives aq solution)

solubility

water: freely soluble at 20 °C (visual)

density

1.15 g/mL at 20 °C

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, Aligned

InChI

1S/C16H32O6/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-21-16-15(20)14(19)13(18)12(11-17)22-16/h12-20H,2-11H2,1H3/t12-,13-,14+,15-,16?/m1/s1

InChI key

JDRSMPFHFNXQRB-IWQYDBTJSA-N

General description

Triton CG-110 is a mixture of 58.0-62.0% D-glucopyranose, oligomeric, decyl octyl glycoside and 38.0-42.0% water. Contains less than 2% decanol and less than 1.0% octanol.
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Application

Triton™ CG-110 can be used:
  • In the preparation of multilamellar vesicles as carriers for tretinoins and retinoids.
  • In the study of mineralization, leaching, and adsorption of glyphosate herbicide in the soil.

Features and Benefits

  • Mild
  • Good detergency & wetting properties
  • Lower color than Triton BG-10
  • Readily biodegradable
  • Moderate to high stable foam

Legal Information

Triton is a trademark of The Dow Chemical Company or an affiliated company of Dow

Pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H315,H318

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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MKCT2780
MKCR3410
MKCQ3273
MKCP7907
MKCK9217

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Retinoids: new use by innovative drug-delivery systems
Trapasso E, et al.
Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 6(5), 465-483 (2009)
Niosomes as carriers for tretinoin. I. Preparation and properties
Manconi M, et al.
International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 234(1-2), 237-248 (2002)
Decyl glucoside surfactant Triton CG-110 does not significantly affect the environmental fate of glyphosate in the soil at environmentally relevant concentrations
Carretta L, et al.
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 6(5), 122111-122111 (2020)
Laura Carretta et al.
Journal of hazardous materials, 388, 122111-122111 (2020-01-21)
Glyphosate is the most common herbicide worldwide, and its impact on the environment has increasingly been scrutinized. Glyphosate-based formulations can contain co-formulants, among which are surfactants. This study aimed to investigate whether the presence of an alkyl polyglucoside-based surfactant, Triton

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