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  2. Detergent - Wikipedia

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    Detergents. A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions. [1] There are a large variety of detergents, a common family being the alkylbenzene sulfonates, which are soap-like compounds that are more soluble in hard water, because the polar sulfonate (of detergents) is less likely than the polar carboxylate (of soap) to bind to ...

  3. Sodium dodecyl sulfate - Wikipedia

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    Its hydrocarbon tail combined with a polar "headgroup" give the compound amphiphilic properties that make it useful as a detergent. SDS is also component of mixtures produced from inexpensive coconut and palm oils. SDS is a common component of many domestic cleaning, personal hygiene and cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food products, as well as ...

  4. Dishwashing liquid - Wikipedia

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    Dishwashing liquid (washing-up liquid in British English), also known as dishwashing soap, dish detergent, or dish soap, is a detergent used in dishwashing. Dishwashing detergent for dishwashers comes in various forms such as cartridges, gels, liquids, packs, powder, and tablets. [ 1 ]

  5. This Homemade Laundry Detergent Will Save You Loads of Money

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    Chillingsworth’s homemade laundry detergent recipe is easy to follow and only takes a few minutes to assemble. Combine 9 oz. soda crystals and 9 oz. bicarbonate of soda in a mixing bowl .

  6. Sodium laureth sulfate - Wikipedia

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    Sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), an accepted contraction of sodium lauryl ether sulfate, also called sodium alkylethersulfate, is an anionic detergent and surfactant found in many personal care products (soaps, shampoos, toothpaste, etc.) and for industrial uses. SLES is an inexpensive and very effective foaming agent. [1]

  7. Linear alkylbenzene - Wikipedia

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    Linear alkylbenzenes (sometimes also known as LABs) are a family of organic compounds with the formula C 6 H 5 C n H 2n+1. Typically, n lies between 10 and 16, although generally supplied as a tighter cut, such as C 12-C 15, C 12-C 13 and C 10-C 13, for detergent use. [1] The C n H 2n+1 chain is unbranched.

  8. 13 best dishwasher detergents, according to cleaning experts

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    These dishwasher detergent packs from Seventh Generation, which have a 4.6-star average rating from 10,741 reviews on Amazon, come in a recyclable paper box and the pods are made from 90% plastic ...

  9. Bleach activator - Wikipedia

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    Such complexes offer enormous economic (lower detergent volume, less packaging, lower transport costs) and environmental benefits (low washing temperature, low wastewater pollution). Particularly interesting are bleaching catalysts of the second generation, which already form bleaching-active species with atmospheric oxygen, i.e. they can mimic ...