Microemulsions in detergency

The soils involved in cleaning processes can vary significantly (Table 8.2 [70]). The soils can either be solid pigments or a liquid phase like oils or fats. Usually they occur in mixtures, which may cause additional difficulties due to an interaction of the different soils. Difficult to remove soils, e.g. in the washing process of fabrics, are pigments such as carbon black or 

Proteins from Bleachable dyes from Carbohyd rates 

Metal oxides, carbonates, silicates, carbon black (soot) 

The composition of a detergent or cleaner may be very complex, containing different types of substances. Tables 8.3 and 8.4 show the typical major components of detergents and cleansers for household and institutional applications [71]. In addition to this the components themselves are mixtures as they are usually of technical grade. This makes the description and interpretation of the interfacial processes even more complex. 

Ingredients Examples USA South America Europe China, India Japan 

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In principle, there are two different possibilities for the application of microemulsions in detergency ... 

A. Nuria, The role of Microemulsions in Detergency Process, in Industrial Applications of Microemulsions , C. Solans and H. Kunieda (Eds.), Surf. Science Ser., Vol. 66, Marcel Dekker, 1997, pp. 377. 

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