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Ingredient Profile: Polyquaternium-6
By: Michael J. Fevola, PhD, Johnson & Johnson Consumer and Personal Products Worldwide
Posted: March 2, 2011, from the March 2011 issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries.
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Next month’s “Ingredient Profile” column will review PQ-6’s conditioning cousin copolymer, polyquaternium-7. Be sure to check it out. Reproduction of the article without expressed consent is strictly prohibited.References
Send e-mail to CT_author@allured.com.
1. Polyquaternium-6, Monograph ID 2442, International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary and Handbook, 13th ed, Personal Care Products Council: Washington DC (2010)
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3. Merquat Polyquaternium-6 Series, Nalco product bulletin PC-PolyQ-6, Nalco Company, Naperville, IL (2007)
4. US 3461163, Synthesis of dimethyl diallyl ammonium chloride, JE Boothe, assigned to Calgon Corp. (Aug 12, 1969)
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6. JE Boothe, HG Flock, MF Hoover, Some homo- and copolymerization studies of dimethyldiallylammonium chloride, J Macromol Sci, Part A, Pure Appl Chem 4 6 1419–1430 (1970) 7. GB Butler, Cyclopolymerization and cyclocopolymerization, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York (1992) 8. Genamin PDAC, Clariant Industrial & Consumer Specialties Product Bulletin, Clariant International Ltd., Muttenz, Switzerland (Jan 2010)
9. Mirapol 100, Rhodia Product Data Sheet N000169, Rhodia Novecare, Cranbury, NJ (Jul 2009)
10. Optasense CP6 Conditioning Agent, Croda product bulletin DS-205R-2, Croda Inc., Edison, NJ (Jan 2008)
