Silicones for
Personal Care
Second edition
by Anthony J. O'Lenick

Silicones for Personal Care, 2nd edition provides invaluable information to the cosmetic chemist about the basic chemistry and properties silicone polymers.

This book stresses the various steps in the synthesis of silicone compounds—construction, functionalization and derivitization—which have a profound impact on performance.

Topics include:

• Basic silicone materials
• Emulsions
• Silicone surfactants
• Silicone esters
• Silicone complexes
• Silicone resins
• and much more!

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Basic Silicone Materials
3. Silicone Antifoam Compounds
4. Emulsion
5. Silicone Surfactants
6. Dimethicone Copolyol Chemistry
7. Silicone Esters
8. Alkyl Dimethicone Copolyol Compounds
9. Fluoro Dimethicone
10. Alkyl Dimethicone
11. Cationic Silicone Compounds
12. Carboxy Silicone Complexes
13. Silicone Phosphate Ester
14. Silicone Resins
15. Silicone Phospholipids
16. HLB
17. Applying the Three-Dimensional HLB System
18. Silicone Quats
19. Silicone Ester Amido Quaternary Compounds
20. Silicones for Coating Pigments
21. Silicone Surface Tension in Formulation
22. Properties of Silicone Compounds
23. Reactive Silicone Compounds
24. Methods in Silicone Chemistry
25. Future Trends: Technology

Index

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