![](https://discover.univarsolutions.com/assets/uploads/chem_2.jpg)
Your next innovation starts here!
Our portfolio includes products and ingredients from the leading manufacturers in the market.
With Univar Solutions, you have a dedicated and expert team to support you on your quest for innovation and growth.
A substance added to something in small quantities to improve or preserve it.
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Food & Chemical Additives Supplier](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_1043582269.jpg)
An organic compound consisting exclusively of the elements carbon and hydrogen. The carbon atoms are arranged in straight or branched chain or ring structures.
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Hydrocarbons Supplier & Distributor](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_1060880186.jpg)
Being or composed of matter other than plant or animal: mineral.
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Inorganic Chemical Supplier & Distributor](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_1109923097.jpg)
A repeating unit in a polymer chain. The term monomer is derived from the Greek word “mono” meaning one.
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Monomers Supplier & Distributor](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_1006068784.jpg)
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is a viscous liquid at ambient temperatures and is both hydrophobic (immiscible with water, literally "water fearing") and lipophilic (miscible with other…
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Oils](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_328811099.jpg)
Chemicals derived from plant and animal fats. They are analogous to petrochemicals derived from petroleum.
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Oleochemicals](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_146341784.jpg)
When identical simple molecules (monomers) come together and link up in a chain-like fashion, they form a polymer. The chemical reaction that forms a polymer is called polymerization. There are natural…
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Polymers/Resins](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_682777591.jpg)
A hard, unreactive, colorless compound that occurs as the mineral quartz and as a principal constituent of sandstone and other rocks.
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Silica](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_1066257692.jpg)
The particular mixture of liquids that gives the desired flow or evaporation properties.
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Solvent Blends](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_742377814.jpg)
A substance capable of dissolving another substance (solute) to form a uniformly dispersed mixture (solution) at the molecular or ionic size level. Solvents can be chosen or blended to dissolve almost…
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Solvents Supplier & Distributor](/assets/images/buckets/./solvents.png)
Short for surface-active agent, surfactants are used to describe a chemical that will reduce the surface tension of water when it is added to it. This enables the water to mix with materials it would otherwise…
![overlay](/assets/images/template/image_frame_small.png)
![Surfactants Supplier & Distributor](/assets/images/buckets/./shutterstock_795380164.jpg)
![quick contact image](/assets/images/template/form_bg_orange_shape.png)
Access your SDS now through your account. New customers can request one here.