Stearyl alcohol has a wide range of applications and market demand will maintain a growing trend

Stearyl alcohol, also known as stearyl alcohol and n-octadecyl alcohol, is a long-chain, high-carbon fatty alcohol with the appearance of white flake or needle-like crystals. Stearyl alcohol is insoluble in water, but soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, ether, acetone, and benzene. It is low in volatility and flammable. Its dust can form an explosive mixture with air.

As a raw material for organic synthesis, stearyl alcohol has a wide range of applications, including medicine, cosmetics, chemicals, dyes, textiles, chemical research, agriculture, synthetic rubber and other fields. In the pharmaceutical field, stearyl alcohol is mainly used as a dispersant and surfactant; in the agricultural field, stearyl alcohol can be used as a rice field insulation agent, reservoir covering agent, etc.; in the chemical industry, stearyl alcohol can be used to produce stearyl alcohol poly(stearyl alcohol). Oxyethylene ether, stearyl acrylate, stearyltrimethylammonium chloride, etc.

Stearyl alcohol is mainly used in the field of cosmetics. As a formula raw material, stearyl alcohol can be used to make sunscreens, various lotions, anti-acne essences, shampoos and other products. In recent years, under the beauty economy, my country’s cosmetics market has developed rapidly. It is expected that the scale of my country’s cosmetics market will grow from 413 billion yuan to more than 900 billion yuan from 2021 to 2026. With the development of the cosmetics market, the market demand for stearyl alcohol will continue to be released, and the industry development prospects are good.

According to the “2022-2026 China Stearyl Alcohol Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report released by the Industrial Research Center , my country is a big manufacturing country, and the consumption scale of the stearyl alcohol market is huge. In recent years, with the continuous development of the domestic economy, the market demand for stearyl alcohol has steadily increased, and the scale of the industry has continued to grow. By 2021, the size of my country’s stearyl alcohol market has reached 1.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%.

At present, suppliers of stearyl alcohol in my country include Shanghai Beite Chemical, Shandong Jinyueyuan New Materials, Jinan Century Tongda Chemical, Yehusheng Chemical, etc. my country is a major producer of stearyl alcohol. There are many domestic stearyl alcohol production companies, but overall they are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises. The quality of products is uneven and the market competition is fierce.

Raw materials for the production of stearyl alcohol include pilot whale oil, copper chromate, stearic acid, hydrogen, ethanol, alkyl aluminum, etc. There are various production processes for stearyl alcohol. It can be produced by hydrolysis of pilot whale oil, reduction of ethyl stearate by saturated ethanol, or hydrogenation of stearic acid under the catalysis of copper chromate. Stearyl alcohol can be divided into industrial grade, cosmetic grade, pharmaceutical grade, etc. Due to technical limitations, my country’s demand for some cosmetic and pharmaceutical grade stearyl alcohol still relies on imports, and imported products mainly come from Malaysia, Thailand, etc.

Industry analysts said that as one of the chemical raw materials, stearyl alcohol has a wide range of applications, and my country is a major producer and consumer of stearyl alcohol. , under the background of the beauty economy, the market demand for octadecanol will maintain a growth trend, and there will be large room for industry development in the future. Competition in the stearyl alcohol market is fierce. Relevant companies should increase investment in technology and product research and development, improve product performance and added value, and strengthen high-end stearyl alcohol supply capabilities to stand out in the fierce competition.