Household and Cleaning Purposes

The production of detergents has continually increased in recent decades. The reasons for this include not only the modern washing processes, but also the increase 

The table which follows shows the composition of high-grade heavy-duty detergents. 

Mixtures of alkylbenzenesulfonates, fatty alcohol ethoxylates or alkylphenol ethoxylates, soap Sodium triphosphate Sodium aluminium silicate (zeolite) 

Sodium perborate Sodium silicate Magnesium silicate Carboxymethylcellulose Optical brighteners Perfume Enzymes Sodium sulfate 

The manufacture of detergents causes little pollution of the environment. If possible, purification waters are utilised for the preparation of the detergent suspension, the so-called slurry. Dissolved detergents pass into surface waters where they are rapidly degraded. An unfavourable selection of nonionics (if these contain a high proportion of alcohols which are volatile with water vapour) can cause air pollution, which is described as a pluming effect. Separator filters purify the waste air by removing fine dust particles [57]. 

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