Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (LABSA)
Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (LABSA) is the acid form of the most widely used anionic surfactant in the world. It is supplied as a dark, strongly acidic viscous liquid and is neutralised in the formulator's own vessel — with caustic soda, potassium hydroxide, triethanolamine or ammonia — to generate the corresponding sulphonate salt in place. Buying the acid rather than the neutralised salt is what lets a detergent plant control counter-ion, active content and water balance itself. Allzone quotes this material per enquiry: grade, packing, origin, documentation and Incoterm are decided in your quotation, not fixed by this page.
At a glance
- Product
- Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (LABSA)
- Grades
- Detergent-grade presentations · Neutralisation routes +1 more
- Typical applications
- Liquid and powder laundry detergent manufacture · Dishwashing and hard-surface cleaner formulation · Industrial and institutional cleaning products
- Packaging
- Packaging confirmed at quotation

Handling notice. This product requires review of the supplier technical data sheet and safety data sheet before purchase and use. Request both documents for the exact grade under consideration.
- • Certificate of Analysis is provided against the confirmed shipment, grade and batch.
- • Manufacturer TDS and SDS are subject to grade and supplier confirmation and are available on request.
- • Grades, packaging and origin above are indicative sourcing options and are confirmed at quotation.
Available grades from container-direct sourcing
Detergent-grade presentations
Active content and colour confirmed against producer documentation
Neutralisation routes
Counter-ion and target active content reviewed per enquiry as a formulation question
Bulk and drummed presentations
Packaging format agreed against your corrosive-liquid intake arrangement
Typical applications
- Liquid and powder laundry detergent manufacture
- Dishwashing and hard-surface cleaner formulation
- Industrial and institutional cleaning products
- Agricultural adjuvant and wetting formulations
- Contract blending and private-label manufacture
Why Canadian buyers choose us
- Specification, grade and documentation confirmed in writing against producer data before order confirmation
- Technical data sheet, safety data sheet and certificate of analysis requested for the exact material offered
- Specification-led sourcing — no assumed values and no substituted grades
- Freight arranged across Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada
- Quantities reviewed per enquiry, from trial lots through to full container loads
Typical industries served
Technical & procurement detail
What LABSA does in a formulation+
Once neutralised it is the primary cleaning active: it lowers surface tension, emulsifies oily soil, generates foam and carries the bulk of the detergency in liquid and powder cleaning products. It is normally paired with a secondary surfactant and a builder system, and the final performance is a formulation outcome rather than a property of this raw material alone.
What decides the grade you actually need+
Your neutralisation route and target active content decide the material and the plant arrangement around it. State the counter-ion you neutralise to, the finished product type, the active content convention your specification uses, your handling and storage arrangement for a corrosive liquid, and the annual volume. Handling requirements come from the safety data sheet for the exact grade offered.
LABSA against the finished sulphonate salts+
Sodium dodecylbenzene sulphonate and the other neutralised salts are different commercial products from this acid; buyers who want the powder or the neutralised slurry are not buying this page's material. SLES 70% is a different surfactant chemistry entirely and has its own canonical page. Active content conventions, colour grades and packaging formats are grade dimensions handled inside this record and never published as separate pages.
Specification conventions and how to state yours+
Suppliers report active content, solution strength, particle presentation and impurity limits in different conventions, and the numbers are not interchangeable between them. State the convention your specification uses along with the property window you actually need, and comparison is made like for like against producer data for the grade offered.
What this page does not state+
This page asserts no purity, assay, active content, concentration, moisture, pH, density, dosage rate, performance figure, approval, registration, certification, origin, packing, minimum quantity, availability, lead time or price. Every commercially meaningful value is taken from producer documentation for the exact grade offered and confirmed in writing before order.
Sourcing and origin+
Allzone sources this material through producer channels and quotes it per enquiry. Origin, production route and shipping point are selected against your technical requirement, quantity, documentation need and destination, and are stated in the offer rather than fixed by this page. Freight, discharge point and packaging format move landed cost, so quotations are compared delivered to your plant.
Documentation supplied with an offer+
Technical data sheet, safety data sheet and certificate of analysis for the exact grade offered are requested from the producer and shared with the quotation. Handling, storage, incompatibility and personal-protection requirements are treated as SDS questions for the specific grade rather than figures published here. Where a declaration matters to your application — food contact, cosmetic, potable water, feed or regulatory — it is confirmed for that grade and intended use rather than assumed from this page.
How Allzone quotes this+
Send the process it goes into, the function you need it to perform, the property window your specification calls for in your own convention, the annual and per-shipment quantity, the packaging format your intake can receive, the documentation required per shipment and the delivery province or port. Several materials can be listed in one enquiry and reviewed together rather than split into separate requests.
Frequently asked questions
Does Allzone publish a price for linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acid (labsa)?+
No. Price, minimum quantity, origin, packing and lead time depend on the grade, the volume and the destination, and are confirmed at quotation. Nothing on this page is an offer.
Which grades or presentations can be quoted?+
Detergent-grade presentations, Neutralisation routes, Bulk and drummed presentations are handled inside this single product record. Grades, concentrations and applications of one material are not published as separate pages; the grade offered and its published data are confirmed in the quotation.
What documentation is available for linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acid (labsa)?+
Technical data sheet, safety data sheet and certificate of analysis for the exact grade offered are requested from the producer and shared with the quotation. Handling, storage, incompatibility and personal-protection requirements are treated as SDS questions for the specific grade rather than figures published here. Where a declaration matters to your application — food contact, cosmetic, potable water, feed or regulatory — it is confirmed for that grade and intended use rather than assumed from this page.
Can linear alkylbenzene sulphonic acid (labsa) be supplied into Ontario and the GTA?+
Delivery and logistics into Ontario, Quebec and the rest of Canada are reviewed per enquiry alongside the rest of the offer. We publish no stock, inventory or delivery-window guarantee on this page.
Technical knowledge for Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (LABSA) — Bulk B2B Suppl…
Engineering and purchasing guidance written for this material — understand it, apply it, compare options, specify a grade, and fix production problems.
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Need a quote on Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonic Acid (LABSA)?
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