In my workplace we are purchasing "Nonylphenol 10 mole" and "Nonylphenol 30 mole" for use as non-ionic surfactants.
At first I assumed, because of the name, that the substance was simply nonylphenol. But further research shows that commercial non-ionic surfactants are actually ethoxylates of nonylphenol. Thus, I'm assuming that what we are buying is in fact ethoxylated nonylphenol, in two different degrees.
Further research is fruitless though. I simply cannot find any source explaining the meaning of "10 mole" and "30 mole" at the end of the name.
Can anyone tell me the actual real chemical formula of "Nonylphenol 10 (or 30) mole", or at least give me an explanation of the name's meaning?