Cosmetics and body care products
Providing insights into personal care products in research and during production
What makes a consumer prefer one shampoo, skin cream, or mascara from the many thousands on offer? What criteria can be used to assess a product’s properties? – and how does this impact product development and improvement? The answer to these and other questions may begin with looking at the properties of the raw materials used, the ratios required, and how the final product looks and behaves in the container, in storage, and during use. Measuring parameters such as density, refractive index, and concentration and characterizing the flow behavior delivers excellent values to be used in subsequent steps to evaluate, optimize, and modify products – as well as in their quality control.
Anton Paar Products
XRDynamic 500
Autotap
Autotap Dual Station 110V / 60HZ
Autotap Single Station 110V / 60HZ
SVM
DMA
Nova
Porometer 3G
Porometer 3G micro
Porometer 3G z
Porometer 3G zH
DMA 1001
DMA 501
Abbemat
Cora 5001
L-Cor 8000
L-Cor 4000
Cosmetics Starter Kit
Abbemat
Abbemat
Litesizer DIA 500
Litesizer DLS
DSR 502
PentaPyc and PentaFoam 5200e
PentaPyc and PentaFoam 5200e Foam
Lyza 7000
HTR 3000
HTX
Ultrapyc
Cora 100
Autosorb
Autosorb 6100
Autosorb 6200
Autosorb 6300
autosorb iQ C-AG
autosorb iQ C-MP
autosorb iQ C-XR
L-Cor 6000
L-Rix
L-Vis 510
PoreMaster
PoreMaster 33
PoreMaster 60
PoreMaster 60GT
Multiwave 5000
Monowave
Monowave 200
Monowave 400
Monowave 450
MCP 100
MCP 150
MCR 702e MultiDrive
MCR 702e Space MultiDrive
MCR 72/92
MCR 102e/302e/502e
MCP
NST³
Brabender AbsorptoMeter
RapidOxy 100
PMA 500
pH 3101 / pH 3201
TRB³
DMA 35 Standard
HTR
Lovis 2000 M/ME
RheolabQC
SAXSpace
SAXSpoint 5.0
UNHT³
Brabender MT-CA
Brabender ViscoQuick
FloVac
VSTAR
VSTAR 2 Station
VSTAR 2 Station Turbo
VSTAR 4 Station
VSTAR 4 Station Turbo
Versatile instruments for cosmetics development
A rheometer is a powerful instrument for investigating formulations. Whether you are optimizing the flow of a body lotion, the time required for a cream to be absorbed into the skin, how much foam a shampoo produces and for how long, or how to improve the way lipstick “feels” on the lips, Anton Paar’s renowned MCR rheometers have a test to give the right insights. Rheometers also help you assess and improve a product’s behavior in storage (sedimentation, discoloration) and a special Powder Cell allows you to optimize the flow of powders. The single-point rheometer, RheolabQC, is the lower price model for quality control and routine analysis.
Distinguishing between polymorphous substances
Accurately determining the type of polymorph is of critical importance for quality and process monitoring when producing, for example, titanium dioxide (E171) for use in the coatings of tablets, in sun block cream, or in toothpaste. The different crystal structures of titanium dioxide, such as rutile and anatase, can be identified using a Raman spectrometer from Anton Paar. The Cora 5X00 and Cora 7X00 Raman spectrometers provide a unique chemical fingerprint of a substance in less than a minute, including the structure of the crystals it contains.
The right spray formulation for ideal spraying behavior
The key to a user-friendly spray is fast regeneration of the structure of the spray after it has left the container. If the structural regeneration of the spray is too slow, the liquid may run down the skin after application, which would be unacceptable from the consumer’s point of view. Anton Paar’s MCR rheometer is used to investigate how applications through spray nozzles or other techniques employing high shear forces influence the viscosity of liquid drugs, skin and hair care products. Structural regeneration tests are used to evaluate and optimize the behavior sprays.
Efficient alternative to traditional stability test methods for personal care products
The rapid small-scale oxidation tester, RapidOxy, measures the induction period, which can be used as an indication of the oxidation and storage stability of cosmetic products. Unlike other oxidation and storage stability test methods, the RapidOxy procedure requires only a small sample quantity and delivers exact test results in a short period of time.
Monitoring the production of hydrogen peroxide
Reliable monitoring of the concentration of H2O2 during manufacturing of hair care products is provided by the inline density sensor L-Dens 7400. This sensor ensures continuous and highly reliable measurement of hydrogen peroxide in the concentration range from 0 % to 95 % and at temperatures up to 100 °C.
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