Your first choice for hard surface cleaning formulations
Shell NEODOL® Alcohol Ethoxylates
Today’s consumers demand more from their cleaning products.
From performance to hygiene, hard surface cleaning products need to provide fast, effective cleaning across different surfaces and soils encountered in everyday life. Manufacturers continue to innovate to meet market demand for high-performance products that offer convenience and quick cleaning for kitchens, baths and floors. Our portfolio of Shell NEODOL products provides manufacturers with the flexibility to formulate to meet these demands.
Shell NEODOL alcohol ethoxylates have been meeting this global demand as a trusted and valued ingredient in cleaning formulations for decades. For manufacturers seeking go-to solutions, Shell NEODOL 91-6 and SHELL NEODOL 91-8 are versatile alcohol ethoxylates for cleaning performance in hard surface cleaning applications.
Shell Chemicals modified oxo alcohols with even and odd numbered carbon chains have a unique combination of linear branching (80/20) and carbon chain variation, delivering good balance across several fundamental surfactant properties.
The light branching of Shell NEODOL products can improve handling properties and compatibility with other ingredients.
These low molecular weight (C9-11) molecules provide fast diffusion to water/surface and water/soil interaction, delivering fast wetting with excellent soil removal on many types of high-trafficked hard surface areas including kitchens, baths, floors, and more.
- Shell NEODOL alcohols and their derivatives are classified as “readily biodegradable” according to the OECD guidelines for chemicals. Products in this category are environmentally preferred.
- The essentially linear structure provides comparable properties and performance to commonly used oleo alcohol-based ethoxylates.
Properties
- Excellent water solubility
- Low dynamic surface tension
- Rapid wetting
- Rapid cleaning
- Excellent soil removal
Meeting Market Cleaning Demands
Manufacturers continue to innovate to meet market demand for high performance products that offer convenience and quick cleaning for kitchens, baths and floors. Our portfolio of Shell NEODOL products provides manufacturers the flexibility to formulate to meet these demands.
Proven Versatility Over Decades
Hard surface cleaning manufacturers needing versatility in their formulation have selected Shell NEODOL for more than four decades. Because of their well-balanced hydrophobic/hydrophilic structures, Shell NEODOL alcohol-based ethoxylates provide excellent fast wetting action, emulsification, detergency, and solubility.
Consistent Quality and Performance
They deliver high quality through the consistent broad range ethylene oxide distribution with 1,4-dioxane levels below 1ppm. This ethylene oxide distribution provides a range of products for tackling different soils. Additionally, the inherent free-alcohol content acts as a solvent to soften and solubilize kitchen-baked-on soils.
Fragrance and Cost Efficiency
Beyond being tough on stains, Shell NEODOL 91-8, provides emulsifying and solubilizing hydrophobic fragrance ingredients to meet consumer demand for products that smell fresh and clean while delivering stable product formulations. Their low critical micelle concentration (CMC) requires less product to begin cleaning, therefore can provide cost-effective formulation performance.
Shell NEODOL for hard surface cleaning
Shell NEODOL 91-5
- Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance: 11.6
- Initial Dynamic Surface Tension Reduction (0.5 wt.%): 58
- Surface Tension (dynes/cm): 25
- Cloud Point (°C at 1 wt.%): 36
- Viscosity (cP at 30°C): 18
- Solution Time (min.): 0.4
- CMC (wt.%): 0.015
Shell NEODOL 91-6
- Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance: 12.4
- Initial Dynamic Surface Tension Reduction (0.5 wt.%): 58
- Surface Tension (dynes/cm): 26
- Cloud Point (°C at 1 wt.%): 52
- Viscosity (cP at 30°C): 21
- Solution Time (min.): 0.1
- CMC (wt.%): 0.02
Shell NEODOL 91-8
- Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance: 13.9
- Initial Dynamic Surface Tension Reduction (0.5 wt.%): 52
- Surface Tension (dynes/cm): 29
- Cloud Point (°C at 1 wt.%): 80
- Viscosity (cP at 30°C): 27
- Solution Time (min.): 1.5
- CMC (wt.%): 0.03
Additional Information
- 1,4-Dioxane: <1 ppm for all surfactants
* % reduction in surface tension after 0.03 second. The measured values between 52–58% are very high results compared with other alcohol ethoxylates, showing very fast wetting and resulting cleaning.
Shell NEODOL 91-5 and Shell NEODOL 91-6offer low pour points and can be easily diluted with water to obtain lower temperature stability for good storage stability. In addition, their properties result in fast and effective cleaning.
While the versatility of Shell NEODOL 91-8 also provides effective cleaning performance across a range of applications, the high compatibility with electrolytes offers flexibility to adjust the formulation (e.g. Cloud Point) to application.
Flexible solutions for formulation
Among household activities, dishwashing remains a daily chore that occupies several hours per week for average consumers. Consumer preference is for products that work quickly, perform well, and leave a spotless clean.
For manufacturers formulating for the performance customers expect, Shell NEODOL 91-6 and Shell NEODOL 91-8 offer flexible solutions.
They are non-ionic co-surfactants that deliver improved formulability and product stability, plus more effective and faster cleaning of dish surfaces. These properties are ideal for traditional hand dishwashing products as well as ready-to use dish sprays.
Fast surface tension reduction helps to quickly remove grease and food stains. They balance the primary, anionic surfactants which deliver excellent cleaning and foaming performance.
Household Products - Typical ingredients
- Water (Aqua)
- C9-11 Pareth-6 - Cleaning agent - Derived from Shell NEODOL 91-6
- Formic Acid - Descaling
- Sodium Citrate - Chelating agent
- Fragrance
- Preservatives, colorants, etc. - Multiple
Industrial & institutional cleaners - Typical ingredients
- Water (Aqua)
- C9-11 Pareth-8 - Cleaning agent - Shell NEODOL 91-8
- Sodium Alkylbenzene Sulfonat - Cleaning agent
- Citric Acid - pH control
- Sodium Carbonate - Builder
- Fragrance
- Preservatives, colorants, etc. - Multiple
Shell NEODOL: Examples of product formulation
Multi-Surface Cleaners - Typical ingredients
- Water (Aqua)
- C9-11 Pareth-8 - Cleaning agent - Shell NEODOL 91-8
- Sodium Alkylbenzene Sulfonate - Cleaning agent
- Citric Acid - pH control
- Sodium Carbonate - Builder
- Fragrance
- Preservatives, colorants, etc. - Multiple
Prototype Limescale Cleaner - Typical ingredients
- Water (Aqua)
- C9-11 Pareth-6 - Cleaning agent - Shell NEODOL 91-6
- Formic Acid - Descaling
- Sodium Citrate - Chelating agent
- Fragrance
- Preservatives, colorants, etc. - Multiple
Cleaning Agent & Fragrance Solubilizer: Multi-Purpose Cleaner
- Water (Aqua)
- ADBAC - Antimicrobial active
- Amine Oxide - Cleaning agent
- C9-11 Pareth-8 - Fragrance solubilizer - Shell NEODOL 91-8
- Ethanol Amine - pH adjuster
- Glycol Ether - Solvent - Shell Ethyl DIPROXITOL (DPE)
- Preservatives, colorants, etc. - Multiple
Liquid Hand Dishwash - Typical Ingredients
- Water (Aqua)
- Sodium Alketh Sulfate - Surfactant - Shell NEODOL 23-2
- Alkylamine Oxide - Surfactant
- C9-11 Pareth-8 - Surfactant - Shell NEODOL 91-8
- Ethanol - Solvent
- Sodium Chloride - Thickener
- Preservatives, colorants, fragrances, etc. - Multiple
Several Shell NEODOL products are U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved as CleanGredients with several also listed on the EPA Safer Choice ingredient (SCIL) list, having met safer criteria for people, pets, and the planet.
In Europe, Shell NEODOL grades are listed in the Detergents Ingredients Database (DID) which can support product applications for environmental standards/schemes such as Ecolabel: Shell NEODOL 91-5; Shell NEODOL 91-6 and Shell NEODOL 91-8. Shell NEODOL alcohol ethoxylates are kosher certified.
Shell Chemicals is a global leader, producer, and supplier of alcohols, ethoxylates, and higher olefins. Manufacturers in the hard surface cleaning industry already use Shell products in their formulations and know that Shell Chemicals is a reliable partner for technical and commercial assistance.
Our bio-based products are manufactured to global standards and provide transparency and accountability with our options for third-party certification. Our integration with other Shell businesses provides our customers the ability to secure advantaged feedstocks, performance products, scale, and reliable delivery.
The scientists at Shell Chemicals continually develop, refine, and improve our product lines and are always willing to offer industry-leading expertise to customers formulating with Shell NEODOL. Application labs support our customers with:
- Rheology
- Phase Behavior
- Cleaning performance measurement
- Surfactant Properties measurement
- Formulation
At Shell Chemicals, Product Stewardship is paramount. We hold ourselves accountable to high standards in health, safety, security, and the environment (HSSE) for our products. By collaborating both independently and with industry groups, we are constantly evaluating and elevating our product line to address our customers’ needs.
By offering bio-based feedstocks, based on mass balance, you can enhance your products to meet growing consumer demand for more sustainable adhesive products.