Ingredients of Detergents
This article is to provide a general overview of the more common ingredients of detergents that are used usually in detergent formulations.
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Tag Archives: surfactants
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Alcohol Ether Sulfates
Alcohol ether sulfates are excellent detergents, don’t show loss of detergency in hard water (unlike AS or LABS). Therefore can be used as unbuilt.
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Alcohol Sulfates
DEA lauryl sulfate is used in shampoos. SLS was main surfactant for shampoos. excellent for creams and pastes. ALS is used in shampoos.
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Ethoxy Carboxylates
Generic Nomenclature
Alkyl (poly-l-oxapropene) oxaethane carboxylic acids
Alkyl (e.g. lauryl) ...
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Isethionates
The sodium isethionate is prepared from ethylene oxide and sodium sulfite. Some typical impurities are salt, soap; fatty acid; unreacted isethionate.
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Ester carboxylates
Ester carboxylates result from the reaction of a long-chain fatty alcohol (or ethoxylate) with a multifunctional carboxylic acid (esterification).
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Carboxylates
Carboxylates are those surfactants with the hydrophilic group being a carboxyl group. There are now commercially available modified carboxylates …
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Surfactants Classification
A simple classification of surfactants based on the nature of the hydrophilic group is commonly used. anionic, cationic, nonionic, and amphoteric.
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Cosmetics Ingredients
Manufacturers of cosmetics employ a surprisingly large number of raw materials. Some of these ingred...