Sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate (commonly abbreviated AOS, CAS 68439-57-6) is an anionic surfactant supplied as a water-white to amber liquid (or as a pasty concentrate or powderized salt depending on grade). It provides strong detergency, wetting, emulsification and foaming performance with good grease-cutting ability and is widely used as a key active in personal-care cleansers and household & industrial cleaning products. Commercial grades are offered as technical, cosmetic/personal-care and industrial formulations with specified active-matter content and alkalinity control.

• Sample / lab bottles (10-500 mL) for evaluation and R&D
• Small packs such as 1-5 kg pails or bottles for pilot runs and formulation trials
• Standard commercial pack: 25 kg HDPE drum or lined steel drum for general supply
• 200-250 kg steel or plastic drums for industrial orders
• IBC / tote options (~1,000-1,200 L) for continuous production and high-volume users
• FIBC / jumbo bag options for powdered or granular blends (500-1,000 kg) where available
• Palletized drum/IBC loads for containerized export (FCL)
• Special packaging on request: nitrogen blanketing, heated drums, UN-certified hazardous packing for transport when required

Common alternate designations encountered in catalogs and formulation notes include Sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate, Alpha-olefin sulfonate C14-C16 (sodium salt), AOS C14-16 sodium, sodium olefin sulfonate (C14-16) and vendor grade names referencing active-matter % or cosmetic/industrial grade.

Used as a principal surfactant or co-surfactant in shampoos and hair-cleansing systems to generate rich foam and deliver effective sebum and particulate removal while being compatible with conditioning agents.

Provides lather and cleansing performance in body washes and shower gels; often blended with mild amphoteric or nonionic surfactants to tune gentleness and viscosity.

Serves as the primary detergent component in household and institutional hand-wash liquids, offering quick soil removal and good rinsability.

Used in liquid laundry detergents and pre-wash formulas to improve grease removal and boost overall surfactant performance in combination with builders and enzymes.

Provides strong degreasing and foaming characteristics for manual dishwashing liquids and industrial dishwashing concentrates.

Included in all-purpose and kitchen cleaners where grease-cutting and rapid wetting are required; compatible with alkaline builders for heavy-duty cleaning.

Used in car-shampoo and foaming wash systems to provide stable foam, good wetting and safe removal of road film when formulated with corrosion inhibitors.

Employed in industrial degreasing formulations and parts-wash concentrates (often in blends with solvents/co-surfactants) for heavy-oil and particulate removal.

Used in bath and foam-bath products for high foam volume and bubble stability, often at controlled concentrations for skin mildness.

Used as a wetting/dispersing agent in certain agrochemical spray adjuvants and pigment dispersions where an anionic surfactant is suitable.

• Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) -- commonly used anionic surfactant in cleansers
• Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) -- ethoxylated anionic surfactant often blended for mildness
• Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) -- anionic surfactants for laundry and hard-surface cleaners
• Sodium cocoyl isethionate -- mild anionic surfactant used in syndet bars and gentle cleansers
• Alcohol ethoxylates (non-ionic) -- co-surfactants / detergency boosters used with AOS
• Alkyl polyglucosides (APG) -- mild, biodegradable non-ionic alternatives used for mild formulations
• Amphoteric surfactants (e.g., cocamidopropyl betaine) -- used with AOS to improve foam quality and mildness
• Sodium C12-14 olefin sulfonate -- a closely related chain-length variant often used interchangeably in formulations
• Sodium alpha-olefin sulfonate blends (various chain distributions) -- formulation-specific grades
• Soap (alkyl carboxylates) -- traditional surfactant alternative in some cleaners