Aqua is the word for the ingredient 'Water' in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, medical and simply indicates the purified water used in the formulation.
It can be found as: pure, distilled, mineralised, purified etc.
Cosmetics
Solvent. It is the substance for dissolving or dispersing surfactants, oils, dyes, flavourings, bactericidal preservatives in solution.In fact, it dissolves other components present in a cosmetic formulation. Solvents are generally liquid (aqueous and non-aqueous).
- Molecular Formula H2O
- Molecular Weight 18.015 g/mol
- CAS 7732-18-5
- UNII 059QF0KO0R
- EC Number 231-791-2
