Laundry detergents ingredients

Mono ethanol amine (MEA). A solvent used to dissolve other laundry detergent ingredients. It also lowers the freezing point of liquid laundry products to allow them to be transported in cold weather. 

Table 3. Laundry detergents Ingredients of heavy-duty washing powders...

H. B. May, H. Nijs, and V. Godechades, "Phosphonates Multihmctional Ingredients for Laundry Detergents," 59th Annual Convention of the Soap and Detergent Association, Boca Raton, Fla., 1986. 

Yet another ingredient in laundry detergents is diethyl ester dimethyl ammonium chloride (DEEDMAC). It is a fabric softener. It is a cationic surfactant that is rapidly biodegradable. It works by reducing the friction between fibers, and between fibers and... 

A detergent company wants to make a liquid laundry detergent with high cleaning power. The new product is supposed to be a premium one with many qualities, hence it is expected to involve the use of many different ingredients. It is also desired to give consumers a creamy and rich impression. 

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... 

Dishwash tablets have undergone a transformation in the past few years, going from a simple powder or liquid gel, to two-in-one tablets, to three-in-one tablets, to four-in-one tablets, and recently to five-in-one tablets, which were launched in 2005. This latest version comes with three sections sealed inside water soluble compartments made of the - polymer poly (vinyl alcohol). The various ingredients in a dishwash product have to be kept separate to prevent them from reacting chemically with one another. Some of the ingredients can coexist without reacting, such as the surfactants and the enzymes, as they do in laundry detergent powders, and some are most useful if they are released near the end of the wash, such as rinse aids. 

Since phosphorus promotes plant growth, phosphates are excellent fertilizers for crops. (Phosphates are chemicals containing phosphorus. You will learn more about phosphates later in this unit.) Phosphates are also used as food additives, and as components in some medicines. In addition, they are an important part of dishwasher and laundry detergents. For example, sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) acts to soften water, and keep dirt suspended in the water. Before the 1970s, STPP was a major ingredient in most detergents. 

STP is the major builder ingredient in heavy duty laundry detergents, automatic dishwashing compounds, and industrial and institutional cleaners [3, 4]. 

The use of soil release agents in liquid laundry detergents is meant to address some of these issues [133], These ingredients are usually polymeric and are composed of hydrophilic as well as hydrophobic segments. The hydrophobic functionality of the polymer allows it to be deposited and remain adsorbed onto the... 

U.S. 6770615 08/2004 Aouad et a/./Procter Gamble Nonaqueous liquid laundry detergent compositions with a suspended solid particulate phase comprised of low-density particles (binding agent, alkalinity source, a chelant, and builder or mixtures thereof). Ingredients that are insoluble in the... 

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