Surfactants toilet bowl cleaners

Cleaning products are used regularly in most households These include dishwashing detergents, denture cleaners, toilet bowl cleaners, oven cleaners, drain cleaners, wood and metal cleaners and polishes, tub, tile, and shower cleaners, bleach and pool chemicals. Toxic chemicals contained in household cleaners include glycol ethers, aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, surfactants, and heavy metals J32l... 

Newer toilet bowl cleaner formulations are moving to the newer classes of surfactants with the rest of household cleaning [372], More nonionic surfactants than anionic surfactants are used. These acid formulas are generally self-thickening,... 

Disinfection is also a benefit desired by consumers in toilet bowl cleaning. This can be achieved with quaternary ammonium surfactants, as in bathroom and allpurpose cleaners. Quats are effective bactericides at both low (1 to 4) and high (8 to 12) pH and so are compatible with very acidic toilet bowl cleaners. One of the problems with disinfection is knowing whether the product has been used at the proper dilution, and one toilet bowl cleaner formula gives the signal via a pH-dependent dye [375],... 

The high viscosity of certain micro emulsions is used for the adhesion of cleaner concentrates on vertical surfaces while on dilution mobile microemulsions are formed [96]. The need for this type of behaviour is especially evident when it comes to household cleaners like toilet bowl cleaners where the formulation needs to be acidic to cope with the special dirt met there, e.g. soap scum. An example of microemulsions with high viscosity for this purpose can be found in [97] which discloses acidic thickened sprayable microemulsion composition based on a balanced mixture of anionic and non-ionic surfactants,... 

Synonyms PEG-40 methyl ether PEG 2000 monomethyl ether POE (40) monomethyl ether Classification Ether Definition PEG ether of methyl alcohol Formula H(OCH2CH2)nOCH3, avg. n = 40 Properties Nonionic Toxicology TSCA listed Uses Humectant in cosmetics chemical and surfactant intermediate lubricant for adhesives toilet bowl cleaners Manuf./Distrib. Aldrich http //www.sigma-aidrich.com, Fluka http //www.sigma-aidrich.com. Sigma... 

Uses Humectant in cosmetics chemical and surfactant intermediate lubricant for adhesives toilet bowl cleaners Manuf./Distrib. Aldrich http //www.sigma-aidrich.com, Fluka http //www.sigma-aidrich.com] Sigma... 

Other hard surface applications rely on amphoteric surfactants to enhance viscosity in highly acidic or alkaline formulations. Some liquid toilet bowl cleaners, for instance, are formulated within a pH range of 2-4 (83). Amphoteric surfactants have been demonstrated to provide good gellation and stability in compounds containing peracetic acid (84). 

As was also noted previously, cling to vertical surfaces can be important in some product groups. In many cases, such as the toilet bowl cleaners, the formula may be self-thickening due to its surfactants. However, some products also use polymers such as cellulose gums, polyoxyethyl-enes, or polyacrylates, depending on the formula chemistry. Cellulose gums, depending on their structure, can be acid unstable, as can be polyoxyethylenes in bleach systems. 

Importantly, stability and performance at acidic and alkaline pH extremes are a signature characteristic of these surfactants. Thus, for example, commercial amphoterics such as dihydroxyethyl alkyl glycinate are considered to be excellent thickeners for strongly alkaline oven as well as acid toilet bowl cleaners. Amine oxides enjoy similar properties. Resistance to both acids and bases make them suitable for use in products such as hypochlorite and phosphoric acid hard surface cleaners, hair dyes, corrosion inhibitors, and printing inks [4]. 

Even more sophisticated formulas with hypochlorite, surfactant, and abrasive materials have now been defined for specialized applications like toilet bowl cleaners. In this area, the patent literature discloses a hard-surface abrasive scouring cleanser comprising sodium hypochlorite up to 15%, abrasive like silica sand or calcite up to 70%, smfactants like anionic (soap, sulfate, sulfonate) or nonionic (amine oxide) or their mixtures up to... 

One of the most diverse consumer and industrial product categories is hard-surface cleaning. These products can contain from <1% surfactant, as found in glass cleaners, to > 70% surfactants, as found in some concentrated industrial cleaners. They can be highly acidic toilet bowl cleaners or highly alkaline floor wax strippers. Unlike dishwash and laundry products, surfactants may not be the majority of the composition. They are certainly key ingredients. While some work has been published on the use of SMEs in hard-surface cleaners, no references on use of sulfonated fatty acids in hard surface were found. 

Uses Surfactant, detergent, hydrotrope, and antistat for all purpose cleaners and degreasers, addle toilet bowl cleaners, vinyl and aluminum siding cleaners, chrome plating baths, truck washes, aluminum and stainless steel cleaners and... 

Uses Surfactant intermediate antlstat, dye carrier, lubricant, release agent for adhesives, ceramic glazes, creams and lotions, mining, soaps and detergents, toilet bowl cleaners tablet binder for tablet coating food-pkg. adhesives and food-contset srticiss... 

Uses Humectant In cosmetics chemical and surfactant intermediate lubricant for adhesives toilet bowl cleaners... 

Likewise, thickened aqueous hypochlorite compositions rely on these surfactants to accomplish the same purpose at alkaline pH levels of 11 or higher [47]. Desired viscosity for such formulas may range from 150 to 3000 cP. This would not only permit easy dispensing, but provides good coating action necessary for cleaning toilet bowls, bathroom tiles, and shower walls [48]. Effective viscosity control is also necessary to suspend abrasives found in scouring cleansers. Finally, the choice of the particular amphoteric surfactant is an important factor in the preparation of low solvent hard surface cleaners [49-50]. 

Uses Detergent, emulsifier, hydrotrope, wetting agent used in floor, steam, oven, metal, toilet bowl, soak tank, and high alkaline cleaners, carwashes, wax strippers, and textile wetting agents solubilizer for nonionic surfactants defoamer in food-contact paper/paperboard food pkg. animal glues Features Mod. foam... 

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