Benzalkonium chloride yog ib qho cationic surfactant, teej tug mus rau qeb ntawm non oxidizing fungicides. Nws muaj qhov dav dav thiab muaj peev xwm tua cov kab mob bactericidal thiab algal, zoo tswj kev tsim cov kab mob thiab cov algae hauv dej thiab kev loj hlob ntawm slime. Nws kuj muaj cov txiaj ntsig zoo slime stripping thiab qee qhov cuam tshuam thiab permeation cuam tshuam, nrog rau qee yam degreasing, deodorization thiab corrosion inhibition cuam tshuam.
Yooj yim soluble hauv ethanol thiab acetone. Txawm hais tias qhov kev sib cais hauv dej yog qeeb, cov tshuaj aqueous yooj yim kho thiab tseem nyiam. Cov tshuaj aqueous yuav tsum yog nruab nrab rau me ntsis alkaline, nrog rau xim xws li tsis muaj xim mus rau lub teeb daj. Thaum lub aqueous tov yog shaken, nws yuav ua npuas ncauj. Nyob rau hauv cov tshuaj concentrated, nws muaj iab saj thiab lub teeb almond saj.