Guanidine Carbonate is an alkaline, organic salt. Guanidine Carbonate’s primary functions have been for use in formulations for hair straightening, as a depilatory agent, for use in pH adjustment, and as a buffering agent.
As a strong chemical base, guanidine carbonate is used as an intermediary in a variety of applications:
- Chemicals, in the production of guanidine nitrate; flame retardant in technical textiles
- Cosmetics, as a hair relaxer that straightens hair by chemically uncurling it
- Detergents: synergistic agent
- Pharmaceuticals
- Microencapsulation process: for carbonless paper