Coconutt Diethanol Amide（CDEA）

General Description

Viscous amber or yellow liquid. pH (1% aqueous solution) 9.

Air & Water Reactions

Water soluble. Foams in water.

Reactivity Profile

Coconut diethanolamide is a mixture of amines. Amines are chemical bases. They neutralize acids to form salts plus water. These acid-base reactions are exothermic. The amount of heat that is evolved per mole of amine in a neutralization is largely independent of the strength of the amine as a base. Amines may be incompatible with isocyanates, halogenated organics, peroxides, phenols (acidic), epoxides, anhydrides, and acid halides. Flammable gaseous hydrogen is generated by amines in combination with strong reducing agents, such as hydrides.

Hazard

A poison by ingestion. A moderate skin irritant.

Fire Hazard

Coconut diethanolamide is probably combustible.

Contact allergens

Cocamide DEA, manufactured from coconut oil, is widely used in industry and at home as a surface-active agent. It is contained in hand gels, hand washing soaps, shampoos, and dish-washing liquids for its foam-producing and stabilizing properties, and in metal working fluids and polishing agents as an anticorrosion inhibitor.

Safety Profile

A poison by ingestion. A moderate skin irritant. Questionable carcinogen with experimental Carcinogenic data reported. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating vapors.