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Hygiene and Sanitation

Innovative technologies enabling effective antimicrobial formulations

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Formulations for cleaning, preserving and sanitizing professional environments

Dow’s solvents, surfactants, chelants and polymers play an important role as inert components when creating effective antimicrobial formulations. Our product selection guides can help you determine compatibility with actives while gaining the benefit of soil removal for ideal disinfecting solutions in different hygiene environments. Select Dow products can be used in accordance with EPA 40 CFR 180.940 Active and Inert Ingredients for Use in Antimicrobial Formulations (food-contact surface sanitizing solutions).

CARBITOL™ and DOWANOL™ Solvents

Hexyl CARBITOL™ and DOWANOL™ PPh are high-performing solvents that aid in the dispersion and dissolution of soils, improving the disinfectant action to the surface.

TERGITOL™ 15-S-9

TERGITOL™ 15-S-9 helps lower the surface tension and assists in wetting and spreading the active ingredient in food-contact surface sanitizing solutions under EPA 40 CFR 180.940, 180.950 and/or 180.960.

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