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About Chattem Chemicals,Inc. Chattem Chemicals produces a line of very mild biodegradable anionic surfactants (Sarcosinates) from fatty acids and the amino acid Sarcosine. The Hamposyl Sarcosinates offer outstanding lather building, excellent foaming and wetting, rapid biodegradability, good detergency, compatibility with quaternary ammonium germicides, excellent corrosion inhibition, resistance to oxidation, high salt tolerance, solubility in highly alkaline systems, high performance in neutral to moderately acidic formulations, and improved moisture retention on skin. Our surfactants are used in a number of personal care and cleaning applications.