Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Chemical Name
- Tilley Product Number
- Base Chemicals Functions
- Molecular formula
- (HOC₂H₄) ₃N
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Product Features and Benefits
Detergents
- TEA imparts a reserve alkalinity to the laundry bath, which is essential to efficient cleaning.
- TEA is an effective oil and anti-redeposition agent.
Personal Care
- TEA may be reacted with lauryl sulfate to form the foaming base surfactant used in hair shampoos.
- Fatty acids neutralized with TEA are excellent emulsifiers for oil-in water emulsions such as gel-type industrial hand cleaners, aerosol shave creams, and hand and body lotions.
- TEA is also used as the base component in the production of certain mild bar soaps.
Textile Finishing
- TEA is used as reaction intermediates for the preparation of durable press fabric finishes and softeners.
- When reacted to form amine soaps, useful as scouring agents for wool and silk because of its low alkalinity.
- Because it is hygroscopic, TEA is used in the preparation of vat printing pastes.
- TEA is also useful in making acetate rayon dyes.
Properties
- Physical Form
- Soluble in
- Water, Acetone, Methanol, Carbon tetrachloride
- Physico-Chemical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Molecular Weight 149.19 - - Apparent Specific Gavity (at 20/20°C, supercooled liquid) 1.126 - - Apparent Specific Gavity (at at 10 to 80°C) 0.00059 - - Boiling Point (at 760 mm Hg) 335 °C - Boiling Point (at 59mm Hg, Extrapolated (decomposes) 245 °C - Boiling Point (at 10mm Hg) 205 °C - Vapor Pressure (at 20°C) max. 0.001 mm Hg - Freezing Point (supercools easily) 21 °C - Absolute Viscosity (at 20C, supercooled liquid) 921 cP - Absolute Viscosity (at 30°C, supercooled liquid) 404 cP - Solubility in Organic Liquids (at 25°C, Benzene) 2 - - Solubility in Organic Liquids (at 25°C, Ethyl Ether) 2 - - Solubility in Organic Liquids (at 25°C, Heptane) max. 0.03 - - Surface Tension (at 25°C) 48.9 dynes/cm - Refractive Index (np20 supercooled liquid) 1.4852 - - ANp/At (at 20°C to 40°C) 0.0002 - - Flash Point 208 °C Pensky-Martens Closed Cup (ASTM D 93)
Regulatory & Compliance
- Certifications & Compliance
- Chemical Inventories