Cetrimonium Chloride
- Benchmark: Benchmark 2
- Assessed: 2025-10-30
- Expires: 2030-02-24
Used primarily in Cosmetics & Personal Care, Industrial / Manufacturing, Solvents & Cleaning, and Textile Applications applications, Cetrimonium Chloride is specifically used in antimicrobial agent, antistatic, preservative, processing aid, softening agent, and surfactant.
Cetrimonium chloride has several uses in industry, including as a preservative, softener, processing aid, and a surfactant (PubChem 2024). In personal care products, it functions as an antimicrobial, antistatic, surfactant – emulsifying, and preservative (EC 2024). It is manufactured by the reaction of n-hexadecylamine with methyl chloride in the presence of sodium hydroxide or via the reaction of n-hexadecylchloride with trimethylamine (PubChem 2024).
Chemical Synonyms 1-Hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride; Cetavlon; Cetrimide; Cetriminium; Cetrimonium; Cetyltrimethylammonium chloride (PubChem 2024).
Key Functions: Cosmetics & Personal Care, Industrial / Manufacturing, Solvents & Cleaning, Textile Applications