Application Areas
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Oil & Petrochemicals
API (Active Product Ingredient) for corrosion inhibitors abled to withstand water induced breakdown and acid corrosion
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Acid Corrosion Inhibitor
Acid cleaning and metal pickling applications
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Metal Surface Treatment
Excellent metal cleaning abilities with in combination with phosphoric acid, kerosene, antiscalant and corrosion inhibitors
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Thickeners & Flocculants
Precipitate negative charged silicates, nitrates, borates
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Paint & Adhesives
Improves adhesion and stickiness with water proofing abilities to paint
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Textiles, Paper, Latex, Cement, Polymerization Reactions
Imidazolines act as emulsion stabilizers, lubricity improvers, and viscosifier, making metals resistant to corrosion
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Car Wash Formulation
Oil/solvent based rinse aid concentrates preparation
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Biocide
Help in formulating Pentachlorophenol which prevents microbial contamination
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Laundry
Adds softness and resiliency to fabrics, inhibiting static buildup
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Medical & Pharma
Broad spectrum antimicrobial, anti allergic, anti inflammatory properties
Applications Summarized
Chemistry behind Imidazoline
Imidazoline adherents to heterocyclic group of compounds which has five membered rings with two nitrogen atoms.
Classified into two groups, Cationic & Amphoteric Imidazolines, the former is the Ammonium Mono Quaternary Salts with asymmetrical structure determined by cations, optically functioning in the aqueous solution where ionized.
The most widely used representative of this group is the tallow alkyl derivative. The unsaturated C18 consists of one double bond in a CIS isomer configuration which helps in lowering its melting point and is the sole reason behind its liquid state at room temperature. The saturated C18 has no double bonds, providing rigidity to the molecule and raising the melting point with reduced flow ability.
The nitrogen atom in the structure tends to provide some particular attributes like enhanced functional derivation, allowing the study of various functional group of Imidazoline radicals without effecting its paramagnetic properties. The head and the pendant group of the molecule helps in bonding of the same to surface while the hydrocarbon tail forms a protective layer or adsorptive layer.
Inhibition Mechanism:
The long hydrocarbon chain forms hydrophobic layers in solution that blocks any kind of reaction between the corrosive agent and the metal ions. The pendant side with an active functional group has nitrogen, oxygen and other heteroatoms, is responsible for chemical adsorption over the surface. The other Imidazoline derivatives act as cationic surfactants, determined by the nature of hydrocarbon or substituent groups attached to carbon or nitrogen atom of the heterocyclic ring.