Tetradecylammonium bromide

Tetradecylammonium bromide (CAS 14937-42-9) is a quaternary ammonium salt functioning as a cationic surfactant.

Where is Tetradecylammonium bromide used?

• Textile and leather processing: modifies fiber surfaces to improve dye uptake and softness in finishing formulations
• Personal care: conditioning rinses and hair treatments where cationic deposition on hair or skin is the target effect
• Home care and industrial cleaning: emulsification of oils and dispersion of soils on hard surfaces
• Plastics and polymer manufacturing: antistatic and dispersion aid during compounding and surface treatment stages
• It delivers emulsification, surface wetting, and substrate conditioning where positive charge interaction with anionic surfaces is required.

Good to know: Handled according to standard safety protocols for quaternary ammonium compounds.

Commercial specifications

• Technical grade, purity specifications commonly ranging from 97% to 99%+ depending on supplier and end-use requirement
• Packaging from laboratory quantities through to bulk industrial volumes