Ethanol- and Ethyleneamines

BASF has long experience in serving customers in the agrochemical industry. Diethanolamine as one of the key raw materials in the production of glyphosate, contributes to the high quality of this herbicide. 

Diethanolamine and monoethanolamine are key components in Cocamide MEA, which prove their value globally in personal care and cleaning formulations like liquid soaps, shampoos and bath foams. 

Monoethanolamine is an important ingredient for wood preservative formulations. It is used to impregnate wood in outdoo rapplications to guarantee a longlife cycle. 

Triethanolamine is used to produce cement grinding aids and performance enhancers, which reduce energy consumption during the manufacturing process of cement and improve the cement quality.

Ethylenediamine is a key raw material for crop protection products like macozeb or imidacloprid.

Diethylenetriamine-based polyamines are widely used as wet-strength additives for paper.These resins enable awet-strength performance as needed for use in wet conditions. Applications include tissues or packaging boards. 

Ethyleneamines are converted with fatty acids and form a protective film against corrosion.

EBS is used in acrylonitrilebutadiene styrene and polyvinylchloride resins as a natural lubricant which helps to improve polymer flow during injection molding.

Ethyleneamines are used in the production of various chemicals for home and personal care products. Ethylenediamine is aprecursor for TAED (tetraacetyl­ethylene­diamine), which acts as a bleach activiatorin powdered detergentcompositions. N-(2-Amino­ethyl)ethanol­amineis used as building block for manufacturing amphoacetates, which are an essential ingredientin mild detergents like babycare, shampoo or shower gel. 

Ethyleneamines are precursors for several types of chelating agents like EDTA(ethylene­diamine­tetra­aceticacid) or DPTA(diethylene­triamine­penta­aceticacid). These chelating agents are used in several industry fields mainly for water softening.