Acid Toilet Bowl Cleaner

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Strong acids include battery acid, murintic acid, and hydrochloric acid. Weak acids include acetic acid, toilet bowl cleaner, and lactic acid. Banned pesticides include Silvex, Mirex, Aldrin, Chlordane, DDT, and Heptachlor. Caustics include oven cleaner and drain cleaner. Flammables include alcohol, acetone, turpentine, lacquer, and paint thinner. Pesticides include rodent poisons, insecticides, weed killer, and other herbicides and fungicides. Pesticide containers should be triple-rinsed, and the contents sprayed on crops or yard, before discarding. 

Disinfection is also a benefit desired by consumers in toilet bowl cleaning. This can be achieved with quaternary ammonium surfactants, as in bathroom and allpurpose cleaners. Quats are effective bactericides at both low (1 to 4) and high (8 to 12) pH and so are compatible with very acidic toilet bowl cleaners. One of the problems with disinfection is knowing whether the product has been used at the proper dilution, and one toilet bowl cleaner formula gives the signal via a pH-dependent dye [375],... 

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Carbopoi resins are used to thicken this acidic toilet bowl cleaner formulation. In addition, the use of the resin provides vertical cling to increase the contact time of the detergent on the soiled surface and enhance consumer convenience. 

Commercial amphoterics such as dihydroxyethy-lalkyl glycinates (Figure 15.27) are considered excellent thickeners for strongly alkaline oven cleaners, as well as for acid toilet bowl cleaners. 

Importantly, stability and performance at acidic and alkaline pH extremes are a signature characteristic of these surfactants. Thus, for example, commercial amphoterics such as dihydroxyethyl alkyl glycinate are considered to be excellent thickeners for strongly alkaline oven as well as acid toilet bowl cleaners. Amine oxides enjoy similar properties. Resistance to both acids and bases make them suitable for use in products such as hypochlorite and phosphoric acid hard surface cleaners, hair dyes, corrosion inhibitors, and printing inks [4]. 

Applications. Ether carboxylates are used as general emulsifiers and emulsion stabilizers. In households, they are used in acidic toilet bowl cleaners. For personal care, they impart mildness, creamy foaming, good skin feel, and hair conditioning benefits. Therefore, they are especially suitable in shampoos in combination with alcohol ether sulfates and possibly with cationics. 

One of the most diverse consumer and industrial product categories is hard-surface cleaning. These products can contain from <1% surfactant, as found in glass cleaners, to > 70% surfactants, as found in some concentrated industrial cleaners. They can be highly acidic toilet bowl cleaners or highly alkaline floor wax strippers. Unlike dishwash and laundry products, surfactants may not be the majority of the composition. They are certainly key ingredients. While some work has been published on the use of SMEs in hard-surface cleaners, no references on use of sulfonated fatty acids in hard surface were found. 

Sodium bisulfate, NaHSO, is a convenient mild acid and is safe for uses as a household toilet-bowl cleaner, automobile-radiator cleaner, and for swimming pool pH adjustment. It is used for metal pickling, as a dye-reducing agent, for soil disinfecting, and as a promoter in hardening certain types of cement. 

Inorganic Acids. Strong inorganic acids have little antimicrobial activity in themselves but inhibit microorganism growth by lowering the pH. Disinfectant toilet bowl cleaners that contain 9.5% HCl or more are antimicrobial. Carbonic acid [463-79-6] in soft drinks provides some antibacterial preservation. Sulfurous acid [7782-99-2] is an effective preservative used to preserve wines (see Wine), fmit juices (qv), and dried fmits. 

Read the labels before mixing household cleansers. Many toilet-bowl cleaners contain acidic solutions, as do some drain cleaners, rust removers, and, of course, vinegar. Never mix bleach with these products. You could sustain permanent lung damage. 

Some acids, from strongly acidic to weakly acidic, are stomach acid, lemon juice, vinegar, sauerkraut, and rainwater. Some bases, from strongly basic to weakly basic, are toilet-bowl cleaners, limestone, ammonia, antacids, baking soda, and egg whites. 

Strong acids, bases, or oxidizers can cause permanent eye damage, skin bums, and, if swallowed, gastrointestinal damage. Examples of corrosive products include alkaline drain cleaners and oven cleaners, acid-based toilet bowl cleaners and rust removers, concentrated disinfectants, and some concentrated pesticides, especially fungicides. 

Examples of acids, (a) Citrus fruits contain many types of acids, including ascorbic acid, C6H8Og, which is vitamin C. (b) Vinegar contains acetic acid, C2H4O2, and can be used to preserve foods, (c) Many toilet bowl cleaners are formulated with hydrochloric acid, HC1. 

The main component of bleach is sodium hypochlorite, NaOCl, which consists of sodium ions, Na1, and hypochlorite ions, OC1. What products are formed when this compound is reacted with the hydrochloric acid, HCl, of toilet bowl cleaner ... 

What will happen to a silver earring that is accidentally dropped into toilet bowl cleaner that contains hydrochloric acid ... 

Sulfuric acid is a highly reactive compound and is extensively used in industry as a chemical intermediate and as a component of many industrial and commercial products. For example, it is used in fertilizers, lead-acid batteries, pigments and dyes, and as an industrial reagent in the paper, petroleum, and metal industries. It is also used in pharmaceuticals, as a food additive, and in toilet bowl cleaners. 

Sulfuric acid can be found in many strengths and formulations. Toxicological and chemical properties of sulfuric acid solutions are dependent on the sulfuric acid content of the solution. For example, solutions containing less than 10% sulfuric acid are highly irritating, while solutions containing more than 10% sulfuric acid are corrosive. Sulfuric acid solutions used in industry can be up to 98% in concentration, while consumer products such as toilet bowl cleaners may contain up to 8% sulfuric acid. 

Toilet bowl cleaners, like bathroom cleaners, are formulated to remove mineral deposits, principally iron salts that form an unsightly deposit at the water level. Again, acids ranging in strength from hydrochloric to citric are found in these products. 

Newer toilet bowl cleaner formulations are moving to the newer classes of surfactants with the rest of household cleaning [372], More nonionic surfactants than anionic surfactants are used. These acid formulas are generally self-thickening,... 

Similar to the technology used to produce cream cleansers, there are also formulas that can produce liquid toilet bowl cleaners with suspended abrasives [376,377]. The main difference between the cream cleansers and this type of product is that the suspending system should be acid stable instead of alkaline and/or bleach stable. Suspended particles are appearing in more and more of the toilet bowl cleaners. This has been commercialized in a gel form, which shows the suspended particles. 

In a similar vein (although not precisely soil prevention) is a toilet bowl cleaner meant to be used daily and allowed to sit for as long as overnight [379], In some senses this is similar to the shower rinse products, meant to be used daily to prevent the buildup of soil. The examples in patents are given both as acid and alkaline. 

The high viscosity of certain micro emulsions is used for the adhesion of cleaner concentrates on vertical surfaces while on dilution mobile microemulsions are formed [96]. The need for this type of behaviour is especially evident when it comes to household cleaners like toilet bowl cleaners where the formulation needs to be acidic to cope with the special dirt met there, e.g. soap scum. An example of microemulsions with high viscosity for this purpose can be found in [97] which discloses acidic thickened sprayable microemulsion composition based on a balanced mixture of anionic and non-ionic surfactants,... 

Do you want to know why bleach bottles have a warning label that tells you not to mix the bleach with acidic cleaning agents, such as toilet bowl cleaners The explanation is in Special Topic 5.5 below. 

Consequently, sulfuric acid forms both sulfates (S04 salts) and bisulfates (or hydrogen sulfates, HSO4 salts). Bisulfate salts are common components of the dry acid.s used for adjusting the pH of swimming pools and hot tubs they are also components of many toilet bowl cleaners. 

There are some places in the home where really tough cleaning jobs exist. For these jobs, cleaners are formulated with extremes in pH, which allow the acidity or alkalinity of the cleaner to quickly attack the unwanted dirt, grease, or stain (Figure 9.3). Toilet-bowl cleaners usually contain hydrochloric acid, which can dissolve most mineral scale (mostly carbonates) and iron stains. Other acids, such as phosphoric acid and oxalic acid, are also used in these products. The pH of toilet-bowl cleaners is usually below 2, and because they contain strong acids, they can be quite harmful to skin and eyes on contact. They should be handled with extreme caution, and rubber gloves should he worn when using them. 

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