The principal uses of these surfactants are in industrial and household detergent applications and in emulsifying agents. They are employed in almost every type of liquid, paste, and powdered cleaning compound, ranging from heavy-duty industrial products to gentle detergents for fine fabrics. These surfactants are also important ingredients of primary emulsifier mixtures used in the manufacture of emulsion polymers, stabilizers in latex polymers, and emulsifiers for agricultural emulsion concentrates, and wettable powders. TRITON X-114 is used in biochemical applications to solubilize and separate proteins due to its low cloud point (23 C). At temperatures above the cloud point, detergent solutions separate into aqueous and detergent-enriched phases. This makes Triton X-114 particularly useful in separating lipophilic proteins from hydrophilic proteins. For example, HMG-CoA reductase was recovered quantitatively in the aqueous phase of a biphasic system formed by TRITON X-114 at 30 C. MW avg. 536 I (9036-19-5]