A secondary alcohol ethoxylate, nonionic surfactant that has superior overall cleaning performance, is readily biodegradable, has rapid wetting & spreading on hard surfaces, lower aqueous surface tension than other ethoxylated surfactants. It has fast foam collapse rates for easy rinsing, dissolves easily in aqueous solutions, narrow gel range, non-APE based. It is used in multiple applications such as high performance cleaners & detergents and solid cleaners. It can also be used in oilfield drilling and production formulations.