Detergents cleaning products

Marcomini, A., F.Fdipuzzi, and W.Giger. 1988a. Aromatic surfactants in detergent cleaning products linear aUcylbenzenesulphonates and alkylphenol polyethoxylates. Chemosphere. 17 853-863. 

Products and Uses Common chemical in detergents, cleaning products, and cosmetics. Used as a foaming, wetting, and emulsifying (aids in suspension of oily liquids) agent. 

The detergent range alcohols and their derivatives have a wide variety of uses ia consumer and iadustrial products either because of surface-active properties, or as a means of iatroduciag a long chain moiety iato a chemical compound. The major use is as surfactants (qv) ia detergents and cleaning products. Only a small amount of the alcohol is used as-is rather most is used as derivatives such as the poly(oxyethylene) ethers and the sulfated ethers, the alkyl sulfates, and the esters of other acids, eg, phosphoric acid and monocarboxyhc and dicarboxyhc acids. Major use areas are given ia Table 11. 

Gleaners. Properties, such as foaming and detergency (qv), make alkanolamines useflil in cleaning formulations. Monoetbanolamine is particularly effective in wax removal formulations because of its ability to penetrate films. Cleanets that involve skin contact use triethanolamine because of its mildness. Derivatives of the amines (49,50) as well as the free alkan olamines (51—53), may be formulated into cleaning products. 

Ethoxylated andSulfatedAlkylphenols. Because these aLkylphenols degrade less readily than the sulfated alcohol ethoxylates, their anticipated expansion failed to materialize, although by 1965 they were widely used in retail detergent products. Sulfated alkylphenol ethoxylates are used in hospital cleaning products, textile processing, and emulsion polymerization. Sulfated alkyphenol ethoxylates are sold as colorless, odorless aqueous solutions at concentrations of >30%. The presence of ethylene oxide in the molecule increases resistance to hardness ions and reduces skin irritation. Representative commercial sulfated alkylphenol ethoxylates are given in Table 12. 

In general, the change in surfactant consumption is directly coupled to the usage in detergent products, which makes up about 55% of the entire production. Cleaning applications cover a multitude of fields comprising household detergents, consumer products, personal care... 

The widespread use of cationic surfactants as detergents and disinfectants in many different home- and industrial-cleaning products suggests its likely presence in the aquatic environment, such as in surface water from WWTP. Environmental detections of cationic surfactants have been reported at the submicrogram-per-htre level in water and sediment matrices. The presence of surfactants in surface water also suggests potential toxicity for organisms, such as fish... 

Since 1932, The Quiggs have manufactured perfume compounds for cosmetics, toiletries, soaps, air fresheners, candles, detergents, and industrial cleaning products. 

In October 2004, Unilever confirmed that its new personal care products, such as the Organics and Timotei shampoo lines, and household products in Europe do not contain OSPAR+ chemicals. These include shampoo, body lotion, cleansers, cleaning products and detergents. Almost all phthalates will be banned from these products, except for one phthalate DEP, which will take a bit longer to phase out. Unilever has not yet eliminated phthalates and musks in their perfumes. 

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabihty Act of 1980, designed to find and remediate toxic waste sites in the United States, syndet An abbreviation for the term synthetic detergent. synthetic detergent A cleaning product made of synthetic materials rather than natural soaps. 

The Safer Detergents Stewardship Initiative (SDSI) addressed key environmental, economic, and product development issues in the surfactant world to drive change, especially in the cleaning products industry. Many companies were aware of the concerns for NPEs and with the growing number of alternatives that could offer equivalency in function and cost. Some had proactively switched to safer surfactants. 

Synthetic musks are important ingredients for the fragrance industry. They are heavily used in laundry detergents, fabric softeners, cleaning products, air fresheners, and so on, and in cosmetic and personal hygiene products such as hand soap, shampoo, and perfume. Nitro, polycyclic, macrocyclic, and the newest dass, alicydic musks constitute the four major classes. The OSPAR (Oslo-Paris) Commission summarized information on their environmental behavior that was relevant to its charge, namely protection of the northeast Atlantic marine environment [37]. Most of the identified uses of synthetic musks are expected to lead to their release to... 

Surfactants are widely used industrially and perform a variety of functions. As processing aids they help to disperse fillers and other ingredients and to form and stabilize emulsions. They are key components in shampoos, detergents, polishes and cleaning products. In other... 

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