{"id":378,"date":"2014-03-07T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/knowledge\/?p=378"},"modified":"2016-04-12T09:24:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:24:31","slug":"pcc-fumed-silica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/378\/pcc-fumed-silica\/","title":{"rendered":"Fumed Silica: A Multitasking Ingredient Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So you need an ingredient that can stabilize a water-in-oil emulsion, prevent caking, thicken oil, or perform myriad other roles in your formulation? You may want to take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/search?k=fumed+silica&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">fumed silica<\/a> (EU: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/search?k=fumed+silica&amp;st=31\" target=\"_blank\">fumed silica<\/a>). This useful ingredient technology is one that every formulator should have at the ready.<\/p>\n<p>Fumed silica is made from flame pyrolysis of silicon tetrachloride or from quartz and is vaporized in a 3000\u00b0C electric arc. The particles are non-porous and have a surface area of 50\u2013600 m2\/g, primary particle size of 5\u201350 nm, and density of 160\u2013190 kg\/m3. It consists of amorphous silica fused into branched, chainlike, three-dimensional secondary particles, which then agglomerate into tertiary particles. The resulting powder has an extremely low bulk density and high surface area. Major global producers are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/635\/Evonik-Industries-AG-Silica\/search?sug=1?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Evonik<\/a> (Aerosil), Cabot Corporation (Cab-O-Sil), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/5141\/Wacker-Chemical-Corporation\/search?sug=1?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Wacker Chemie<\/a> (HDK), and OCI (Konasil). (EU: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/688\/Evonik-Industries-AG-Silica?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Evonik<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Suppliers\/5139\/Wacker-Chemie-AG\/search?sug=1?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">Wacker Chemie<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3>Potential Applications:<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_384\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-384 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/media\/2014\/03\/lipstickuniformity-300x70.jpg\" alt=\"Fumed silica increases payoff with greater color uniformity. A. Without fumed silica. B. With fumed silica.\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lipstickuniformity-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/lipstickuniformity.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Fumed silica increases payoff with greater color uniformity. A. Without fumed silica. B. With fumed silica.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ol>\n<li>Can be used to convert a liquid to a powder, typical loading is 67% oil and 33% powder.<\/li>\n<li>Can create a powder containing up to 95% water using hydrophobic fumed silica.<\/li>\n<li>Flow aid to prevent caking.<\/li>\n<li>Thicken oil, clear if refractive index is matched.<\/li>\n<li>Increase the viscosity of water in oil emulsions.<\/li>\n<li>Stabilize water in oil emulsions.<\/li>\n<li>Form surfactant free Pickering emulsions.<\/li>\n<li>Increase the wash resistance and boost the SPF of sunscreen formulations (using hydrophobic fumed silica).<\/li>\n<li>Suspend and prevent agglomeration of powdered antiperspirant actives in sprays and roll-ons.<\/li>\n<li>Helps prevent skin whitening in A\/P sprays vs. using clays as active suspending aids.<\/li>\n<li>Can be used as thickening and stabilizing agents in bleaching creams.<\/li>\n<li>A combination of fumed silica and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/na\/PersonalCare\/Product\/search?k=Quaternary+Ammonium+Compounds&amp;sug=1?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">quaternary ammonium compounds<\/a> in hair rinses improves combability and volume of hair. (EU: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulprospector.com\/en\/eu\/PersonalCare\/Product\/search?k=Quaternary+Ammonium+Compounds&amp;sug=1?st=31\" target=\"_blank\">quaternary ammonium compounds<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Is an effective processing aid for grinding, screening or sieving powders.<\/li>\n<li>Improves the distribution of pigments and prevents settling in nail enamel formulations.<\/li>\n<li>Significantly improves lipstick payoff color uniformity, stability, and wear time. (see image above right)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you need an ingredient that can stabilize a water-in-oil emulsion, prevent caking, thicken oil, or perform myriad other roles in your formulation? You may want to take a look at fumed silica (EU: fumed silica). This useful ingredient technology &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/378\/pcc-fumed-silica\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1251],"class_list":{"0":"post-378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-care-cosmetics-cleaners","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fumed Silica: A Multitasking Ingredient Technology - Prospector Knowledge Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ulprospector.ul.com\/378\/pcc-fumed-silica\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fumed Silica: A Multitasking Ingredient Technology - Prospector Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"So you need an ingredient that can stabilize a water-in-oil emulsion, prevent caking, thicken oil, or perform myriad other roles in your formulation? 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