Chemicals in laundry detergent
Nowadays we all use laundry detergents everyday, Laundry detergents are usually found in the laundry room or kitchen. But you must have knowledge of the chemicals in laundry detergents.
The main chemicals component of laundry detergent is surfactant, and it adds some moderate different function of detergent. The laundry detergents also be knows as the powdery (granular) syntheti detergents.
There are five compositions of detergent: active ingredients, auxiliary wash composition, cushioning, composition, efficiency composition, detergent auxiliary components.
The detergent auxiliary is the largest dosage of component of laundry detergent, it typically account for 15% of total component - 40%. The main role of detergent auxiliaries is to help lotion by binding water contains hardness, make water soften, thereby to protect surfactant and make the laundry detergent do its maximum utility.
The so-called “phosphorus”, “phosphorus free detergent”, practical means that to judge whether a detergent is Phosphorus free or not is to judge whether the auxiliary system does not contain phosphate.
In selection and matching used surfactants and additives, Synthetic detergents develop to more safety and biodegradability direction.
Along with the development of chemical industry, in the use of alkyl benzene sulfonic acid sodium, such as excellent surfactants, especially the basic group with other surfactant and different kinds of additives and auxiliary agents, in order to improve the effect of washing. In the second world war, Germany began using carboxymethyl cellulose as synthetic detergents auxiliary agents to eliminate dirt deposited problem again. To the end of the world war 2, will carbonate, Portland, alkaline substances such as phosphate fertilizer to use synthetic detergent. The soil is used in the development of the industry, synthetic detergent is an important step. Initial use tetrasodium pyrophosphate, use sodium tripolyph-osphate, achieved good effects.
