Cocamide DEA

Cocamide DEA (CAS 68603-42-9), also known as CDEA, is a coconut oil-derived diethanolamide used as a foam booster, thickener, and emulsifier in personal care and industrial cleaning formulations. Also marketed as Ninol 2012E.

Where is Cocamide DEA used?

• Shampoos, body washes and liquid hand soaps: stabilises and enhances foam while building viscosity
• Dish detergents and hard surface cleaners: improves foam persistence and suspends oils and soils
• Textile processing: emulsifier and wetting agent in scouring and finishing baths
• Paper and leather manufacturing: controls surface tension and disperses treatment agents
• It reduces the need for additional thickeners in many formulations.

Commercial specifications

• Standard technical and industrial grades; specifications defined by active matter content and colour
• Quality measured on the Gardner scale and by pH
• Bulk supply in drums and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs)
• Composition varies by coconut fatty acid feedstock ratio