ALCOHOL

Function
antifoaming, antimicrobial, astringent, fragrance, solvent, viscosity controlling
CAS
64-17-5
Comedogenic
0–0DERIVED, not measured: no member of the volatile_solvent family that Fulton 1989 tested scored 2 or above. Supporting rows -- SD alcohol 40 0, Isopropyl alcohol 0, Acetone 0, Ethyl ether 0, Ethoxydiglycol 0, Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether 0, Triacetin 0 -- every volatile solvent in Table I is 0. This ingredient itself was not tested; see docs/sources/fulton-1989-table-1.tsv.
Appears in
221 products in our catalogue

Classified as

  • alcohol denat

Definition

Alcohol is undenatured ethyl alcohol that conforms to the formula:

Chemical definition from CosIng, the EU cosmetic ingredient register.