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Ingredient Facts
Sodium acrylates crosspolymer-2
AKA: Thickening Agent
Ingredient · Absorbent · EWG: 1
Synthetic
Clean
Sodium Acrylates Crosspolymer-2 is the sodium salt of a copolymer of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid or one or more of its simple esters crosslinked with ethylene diglycidyl ether
CAS #
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Form
Powder
State
Solid
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Functions
Absorbent
Anti-Inflammatory
Antimicrobial
Fights Acne
Absorbs excess oil
Traditional Use
A 20th-century synthetic crosslinked polymer developed exclusively for cosmetics to provide rheological control and gel formation, with no traditional precedent.