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Surfactants and Detergents: Chemistry and Applications
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2021
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Chapter 7 | Surfactant Use in Detergents and Cleaning Products
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Rizvi, SQA. "Chapter 7 | Surfactant Use in Detergents and Cleaning Products." Surfactants and Detergents: Chemistry and Applications. Ed. Rizvi, SQA. 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 : ASTM International, 2021.
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This chapter describes the chemistry and technology of detergents and the mechanisms by which these surfactant-containing products clean surfaces. Detergents differ from surfactants in that they contain a variety of other compounds that enhance their cleaning action. Such compounds include builders, stabilizers and hydrotropes (primarily in liquid detergents), oxygen-releasing compounds, antiredeposition agents, optical brighteners, enzymes, and many others. Detergents are of many types (e.g., heavy-duty laundry detergents, light-duty dishwashing liquids, hard-surface cleaners, and automatic dishwasher detergents), with laundry detergents using the largest volume of surfactants.
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