Storage Deactivation and Incorporation in Detergent Powders

A list of early patents concerning the incorporation of PDMSs in detergent powders designed for the washing of textiles in drum-type front-loading machines is given 

Other versions of this basic concept include the use of matrices of materials that simply melt and disperse in the wash liquor rather than dissolve. Examples include fatty acids [67], fatty alcohols [67], glycerol monoesters [68], etc. The difficulty with 

Finally, it is worth noting that granules containing PDMS-hydrophobed silica mixtures should ideally also be of a similar particle size to that of the detergent powder into which they are incorporated. If the particle size of the granules is significantly 

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