In many industrial processes which includes refineries, paper and textile wet finishes, chemical additives are used to control foam or improve dispersion and wetting through surface tension reduction, surface modification and chemical reaction.

Southern Chemicals is active with the supply of many silicone derivatives which achieve these effects. Polyalkylene oxide derivatives are excellent lubricants, carriers and antifoams, while their silicone derivatives act as water repellents, softeners, antifoams and surfactants. These materials impart properties which can not be achieved with conventional organic products.

Southern Chemicals stocks a number of alkyl alkanolamine neutralising agents which are used in refinery gas scrubbing

• Silicone surfactants
• Silicone Antifoams
• Silicone copolymers
• Polyalkylene Glycols
• Silicone textile softeners
• Fibre lubricants
• Anticorrosion additives
• Amine neutralising agents
• Gas scrubbing amines
• Demulsifiers