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