What Is Polyurea Crosspolymer-1?
Polyurea Crosspolymer-1 is the complex, crosslinked polymer formed by the reaction between four different isocyanates and PEI-45. The isocyanates used are a trimer of hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI), saturated methylene diphenyldiisocyanate (SMDI), the monourea of HDI trimer with ammonium cyclohexylaminopropanesulfonate, and HDI.
Its declared cosmetic function is absorbent.
Source: European Commission CosIng inventory.
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