High-performance dipropionate amphoteric surfactants for industry by Lakeland Laboratories

Dipropionate amphoteric surfactants manufactured by Lakeland Laboratories at our plant in Greater Manchester, UK, are incredibly versatile, tailored to bespoke customer needs to suit applications across agriculture, metal working, textiles, automotive cleaning and IIC sectors and distributed worldwide to agents and end users. 

Excellent high and low foaming properties, good environmental profiles and salt-free formulas make Lakeland's dipropionate amphoteric surfactants particularly effective in household, automotive and industrial cleaning, delivering reliable and consistent performance that cares for and maintains buildings, vehicles, equipment and textiles.

What are dipropionate amphoteric surfactants?

Amphoteric surfactants, often known as dual ionic surfactants, contain anionic and cationic hydrophilic surface active groups in the same molecule, carrying simultaneous positive and negative ionic charges to create a versatile molecular structure suitable for a huge range of applications, including those with high or low foaming properties.

Cost-effective dipropionates produced by Lakeland are commonly utilised in cleaning and detergency applications, where lubricity, low aquatic toxicity and water solubility make dipropionate amphoteric products such as Lakeland AMA LF40 and AMA LF70 a popular choice for manufacturers and end users looking for high-performance cleaning, dirt lifting and rinsing. 

For over 50 years, Lakeland Laboratories has been a specialist dipropionate amphoteric surfactant manufacturer, researching and developing dipropionate AMA surfactants to bespoke customer profiles, tailoring surfactant performance characteristics ranging from low-foaming and high-foaming formulations to specific emulsification or environmental requirements.  

What characteristics & properties do dipropionate amphoteric surfactants manufactured by Lakeland Laboratories carry?

AMA dipropionate amphoterics developed and manufactured by Lakeland in Greater Manchester, UK, are produced using quality raw materials for consistency in every batch that's relied upon by users worldwide. 

From product development to large-scale production on site, Lakeland's team quality assures manufacture of dipropionate amphoterics for customer reassurance, application need and in order to meet regulatory compliance requirements of sectors industry-wide. 

Lakeland's high-performance dipropionate amphoteric surfactants offer properties including: 

• High foaming and low foaming formulations to suit application need
• Salt-free and corrosion inhibiting, making dipropionate amphoterics suitable for hard surface cleaning and protection 
• Excellent water solubility, aiding detergency 
• Readily biodegradable with good environmental profiles and low aquatic toxicity
• High-performance dirt-lifting and free-rinsing qualities 
• Stable across a range of pH 
• Antistatic properties, aiding applications and uses with textiles such as fabric softening

How are Lakeland's dipropionate amphoterics utilised and applied by our customers & industry sectors? 

Lakeland's multifunctional, versatile and high-performance dipropionate amphoteric surfactant range includes the popular AMA LF40 and LF70 types. 

AMA LF40 is a 40% active formula based on sodium hydroxide. Practically non-toxic and a non-irritant, AMA LF40 is compatible with nonionic, cationic and anionic surfactants and offers excellent hydrotroping characteristics for increased solubility.

AMA LF70 is 70% active, based on potassium hydroxide and a popular choice amongst customers worldwide for its high performance quality, corrosion inhibition and salt-free formula for effective surface cleaning and protection. 

Dipropionate amphoterics produced by Lakeland Laboratories are utilised by manufacturers and end users in the industrial and institutional cleaning sector, keeping buildings such as schools, hospitals, manufacturing facilities and public buildings clean and properly maintained with detergents and finishes that help to preserve and protect floors and other surfaces. 

Manufacturers of automotive cleaning products and industrial end users apply Lakeland's dipropionate amphoterics in vehicle cleaning formulations, helping to maintain, clean and protect valuable and essential vehicles worldwide for families, commercial vehicle users and fleet operators using amphoterics with good foaming characteristics, dirt-lifting and free-rinsing qualities that get vehicles ready for the road. 

Applications for Lakeland's AMA LF40 and LF70 products include: 

• Hard surface cleaning, including manufacturing facilities, agricultural facilities and food production
• Glass and floor cleaning 
• Dish washing and rinsing 
• Laundry cleaning and textiles processing
• Agricultural chemicals, helping to increase crop yield by even distribution of nutrients and fertilisers  

Dipropionate amphoteric surfactant manufacture by Lakeland Laboratories industry experts

With a deep understanding of chemistry at the heart of our speciality surfactant chemicals manufacturing business, our dipropionate AMA products, including AMA LF40 and AMA LF70, are used by businesses globally, spanning sectors including automotive and industrial and institutional cleaning, textiles cleaning and processing, and metal working, treatment and processing. 

Our team manufactures dipropionate amphoteric surfactants to exceptional quality standards, developed through unmatched scientific and chemistry expertise and delivered with outstanding customer service that works closely with you to meet the needs of your business and your customers.

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