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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2019, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (12): 830-834.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2019.12.011

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Analysis of fatty alcohol ethoxylates in the serial products of fatty alcohol ethoxylate derived surfactants by HPLC

ZHANG Jun,YANG Xiu-quan,ZHOU Yuan   

  1. China Research Institute of Daily Chemistry Co., Ltd., Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
  • Received:2019-04-02 Revised:2019-11-26 Online:2019-12-22 Published:2019-12-24

Abstract:

A uniform HPLC method was established for the determination of the fatty alcohol ethoxylates in the products of surfactants derived thereof. The surfactant products under investigation were alcohol ether sulfate, alkylethoxyglucoside, alcohol ether carboxylate, and fatty alcohol ether citrate monoester salt. The column was C18 column and the gradient elution was performed with methanol-water solvent. The chromatographic peaks of fatty alcohol ethoxylates were separated from interference peaks by adding modification agent in the mobile phase. Evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) was used. The results showed that the coefficients of the regression equations of fatty alcohol ethoxylates with the same alkyl group were close. The method showed good precision with the R 2 being greater than 0.999; the method also showed good accuracy with the average recovery rate of each product being more than 95%. The method showed good adaptability for the samples with 0.5%-30% fatty alcohol ethoxylates. The method was also applicable to mixed products with different contents of fatty alcohol ethoxylates.

Key words: fatty alcohol ethoxylate, alcohol ether sulfate, alkylethoxyglucoside, alcohol ether carboxylate, fatty alcohol ether citrate monoester salt, liquid chromatography

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423