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Sodium pareth sulfate

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Sodium pareth sulfate
Names
Other names
Sodium C12-13 alketh sulfate, Sodium C12-13 pareth sulfate, Sodium polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate, Sodium C10-16 alketh sulfate; alcohols, C10-16, ethoxylated, sulfates, sodium salts
Identifiers
ECHA InfoCard 100.105.713 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 500-223-8
Properties
CH3(CH2)n(OCH2CH2)mOSO3Na
Molar mass Variable
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Sodium pareth sulfate, recently renamed to sodium alketh sulfate[1], and known also as sodium polyoxyethylene alkyl ether sulfate, is a surfactant found in some detergent products such as hand or body washes, but not as commonly as other chemicals such as sodium laureth sulfate (SLES). It is the sodium salt of a sulfated polyethylene glycol ether.

It is produced similarly to SLES starting from fatty alcohols with 10 to 16 carbon atoms.[2]

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  1. ^ "Sodium C12-13 Alketh Sulfate (Formerly Sodium C12-13 Pareth Sulfate)".
  2. ^ "Sodium C12–13 Pareth Sulfate". Environmental Working Group. Archived from the original on April 3, 2010.