Ammonium Persulfate, Potassium Persulfate and Sodium Persulfate are inorganic salts. In cosmetics and personal care products, mixtures of persulfates such as Ammonium Persulfate, Potassium Persulfate and Sodium Persulfate are used in hair bleaches and hair lighteners.

Ammonium Persulfate, Potassium Persulfate and Sodium Persulfate help to decolorize or lighten hair by oxidizing the colors present in the hair shaft.

Ammonium Persulfate is also used in the baking industry as a bleaching agent for flour

 

AMMONIUM PERSULFATE

(APS) Printed circuit boards, Metal surface treatment, Starch modifiers, Polymerization initiators for synthetic resins and synthetic fibers, soil improvement additives, bleaching of natural products, oxidizing agents of pharmaceutical compounds, flour modifiers , etc.

SODIUM PERSULFATE

(SPS) Printed circuit boards, Metal surface treatment, Starch modifiers, Polymerization initiators for synthetic resins and synthetic fibers, soil improvement additives, bleaching of natural products, oxidizing agents of pharmaceutical compounds, flour modifiers , etc.

POTASSIUM PERSULFATE

(KPS) Printed circuit boards, Metal surface treatment, Starch modifiers, Polymerization initiators for synthetic resins and synthetic fibers, soil improvement additives, bleaching of natural products, oxidizing agents of pharmaceutical compounds, flour modifiers , etc.

 

Ammonium, Potassium, and Sodium Persulfate are inorganic

salts used as oxidizing agents in hair bleaches and hair-coloring

preparations. Persulfates are contained in hair lighteners at concentrations

up to 60%, in bleaches and lighteners at up to 22%and

16%, respectively, and in off-the-scalp products used to highlight

hair strands at up to 25%. They are used in professional product

bleaches and lighteners at similar concentrations. Much of the

available safety test data are for Ammonium Persulfate, but these

data are considered applicable to the other salts as well.

Ammonium, Potassium, and Sodium Persulfate are inorganic

salts used as oxidizing agents in hair bleaches and hair coloring

preparations.

AmmoniumPersulfate and PotassiumPersulfate are prepared

by electrolysis of concentrated solutions of ammonium sulfate

and potassium sulfate, respectively (Lewis 1999). Merget et al.

(1996) reported that Ammonium Persulfate is produced by anodic

oxidation of a concentrated ammonium sulfate solution,

and that Sodium Persulfate is made by conversion of Ammonium

Persulfate with lye

Cosmetic

Ammonium, Potassium, and Sodium Persulfate are oxidizing

agents used in hair bleaches, hair-coloring preparations,

and/or hair lighteners with color (Wenninger, Canterbery, and

McEwen 2000) and are used to decolorize or lighten hair (CTFA

1995a).

Sodium Persulfate is cleared for use as components of paper

and paperboard in contact with aqueous, fatty, and dry food; in

closures with sealing gaskets for food containers when <1% by

weight of the gasket composition; and at a concentration of less

than 1% in can-end cements for resinous and polymeric coatings

(Rothschild 1988). Additionally, it is cleared as a denuding agent

of mucous membranes in tripe. Sodium Persulfate is used as a

bleaching agent for fats, oils, fabrics, and soaps. It is also used

in battery depolarizers and in emulsion polymerization (Lewis

1997).