Laundry soaps

Triclosan is a broad-spectrum antibacterial and antifungal agent. It is an ingredient in toothpastes and mouthwashes, detergents, laundry soaps, and cosmetics. It kills germs by interfering with the enzyme necessary for fatty-acid synthesis. 

TABLE 29 Trials with Low TFM Laundry Soaps Containing AOS... 

Although I didn t know what was happening to me at the time I was hit with this illness, I wasn t totally clueless about MCS. I had friends with environmental illness, but I had no idea of the gravity or the breadth of the whole thing. One woman couldn t come into my home because of mold in it. Another one mentioned problems she d had at work when the parking lot was resurfaced, and when coworkers wore perfume. But no one had told me that my laundry soap, or bleach, or body soaps could make me ill. The people I knew with MCS could still function in the world. I had it about as bad as it gets. 

Working in my yard is good therapy for me. But I stay in the house a lot because we live so close to our neighbors that I can smell their laundry soap and dryer sheets. 

In medicated soaps, substances of medicinal value are added. In some soaps, deodorants are added. Shaving soaps contain glycerol to prevent rapid drying. A gum called, rosin is added while making them. It forms sodium roslnate which lathers well. Laundry soaps contain fillers like sodium roslnate, sodium silicate, borax and sodium carbonate. 

Despite the evidence of fiscal and competitive benefits enjoyed by the various industries which have embraced process analytics, pharmaceutical companies have been notoriously restrained in their efforts to deploy PAT. Indeed, the pharmaceutical industry has slipped so far behind peer industries that a well-known Wall Street Journal article from 2003 [34] characterized the manufacturing prowess of drug makers as lagging far behind potato-chip and laundry-soap makers. While the declaration was shocking to many, it was, nonetheless, an accurate assessment. Before indicting the industry for gross negligence, however, it is important to consider the various factors which have acted over time to create the current state of affairs. 

Fluorescence is not useful simply for chemical analysis. For example, a fluorescent additive that sticks to textile fibres is added to laundry soap. This compound absorbs solar radiation in the non-visible part of the spectrum and re-emits at longer wavelengths in the blue spectral region, which makes clothing appear whiter. Another application of fluorescence encountered daily is cathode tube lighting. The internal walls of these tubes are covered with mineral salts (luminophores) that emit in the visible region due to excitation by electrons. 

In contrast with soaps, virtually all die synthetic anionic and nonionic surfactants do not form readily visible insolubles in the presence of the Ca++ and Mg-+ ions present in many water supplies—the familiar scum, curd, and lime soap of the laundry soap era. This property, in combination with the discovery that the detergency performance of many synthetic surfactants could be greatly augmented by the addition of certain phosphate chelating agents, led to the "detergent revolution" in the laundry-product field. Sec also Surfactants. 

The diterpene acid, abietic acid, is a major constituent of rosin, which is obtained as a nonvolatile residue in the manufacture of turpentine by steam distillation of pine oleoresin or shredded pine stumps. Abietic acid is used extensively in varnishes and as its sodium salt in laundry soaps. 

Shorter washing times. Paper fibers are akin to the fibers found in clothing the reason laundry soaps are alkaline is because they wash out more readily from clothing fibers there is no such thing as an acid laundry detergent or soap ... 

An alkali, the opposite of an acid, is a compound, or salt (e.g., sodium metaborate, sodium carbonate), used as an accelerator in photographic developers. Solutions with a pH greater than 7 are considered alkaline. An example of a common alkali would be laundry soap. 

The need for products to wash our clothes is met by industry to the tune of around 22 million tonnes of chemicals per year. In some countries the use of laundry soap still outranks detergents, such as in Kenya and Nigeria, but in most countries detergents now dominate, exclusively so in most European countries and North America. Yet even in India almost a million tonnes of laundry soap are still manufactured, although even here the amount of detergent now exceeds 1.5 million tonnes a year. 

During the 1970s and early 1980s, many European countries saw rapid expansion of their surfactant markets as laundry soap was displaced by detergents. The use of detergent builders to sequestrate calcium ions in the washwater was very important to the effective functioning... 

Several commercial laundry soaps contain water-softening agents, usually sodium carbonate (Na2C03) or sodium phosphate (Na3P04 or Na2HP04). Explain how these water-softening agents allow soaps to be used in water that is hard by virtue of its (a) low pH. (b) dissolved Ca2+, Mg2+, and Fe3+ salts. 

Laundry soap bars are precursors of the chip and the powder forms. They are generally made from tallow or a combination of tallow and coconut oil. Borax and builders, such as sodium silicate and sodium carbonate, are included to improve performance and help soften water [1, 2, 5]. 

Per ton of a typical laundry soap (plus 70 pounds of 80% glycerol)... 

Figure 1 gives the unit consumption factors for one pound of a finished toilet soap with 20.5% moisture. Figure 2 represents a flow sheet for laundry soap wherein chemical reactions and physical changes (unit processes and unit operations) are involved in the... 

Textiles in contact with the skin must have a pleasant feel. Since natural fibers are harsh, textile manufacturers coat them with a finish. Before World War II, natural oils and fats were used as fiber finishes. Garments were essentially washed by hand and dried outdoors. Domestic washing was carried out with laundry soap, which, in hard water, forms insoluble lime soap that deposits on and softens fabrics. 

Smoothie. [Abso-Clean Industries] Ftd>-tic strfteners, laundry soaps. 

USE Becteriostat in formulations of surgical soaps, laundry soaps, rinses, polishes, shampoos, deodorants. Also as preservative in textile finishes, certain petrolenm products, cellulose esters, cutting oils, coolants. Banned by FDA from use in cosmetics. 

Antibacterial Soap Triclosan is an antibacterial agent included in detergents, dish soaps, laundry soaps, deodorants, cosmetics, lotions, creams, toothpastes, and mouthwashes. The chemical formula for triclosan is C12H7CI3O2. What information did the chemist need to determine this formula ... 

Products and Uses A water softener and soap deposit preventative in cleansers, laundry soaps, dishwashing powders, and detergents. 

Products and Uses A common ingredient in shaving creams, laundry soaps, toilet soaps, detergents, cosmetics, and inks. It is a texturizer (smooths ingredients) in consumer toiletries and cleaning products. Also useful as an emulsifier (stabilizes and maintains mixes) and stabilizer (keeps uniform consistency). It is an anticaking agent. 

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