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Application of Glycerin in Liquid Laundry Detergents as an Example of Innovation in the Household Chemicals Industry

  • Anita Bocho-Janiszewska and Tomasz Wasilewski
Published/Copyright: September 6, 2017
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Tenside Surfactants Detergents
From the journal Tenside Surfactants Detergents Volume 54 Issue 5

Abstract

The aim of the study presented in the paper was to demonstrate that using a combination of glycerin and surfactants in the form of sodium salts in the production of laundry liquid detergents might be an alternative to the currently commonly produced products based on surfactants in the form of potassium or triethanol ammonium salts. Tests were performed to determine functional standard properties of model liquid laundry detergent formulations with different contents of glycerin. The analysis focused on foaming power, rheological properties, solubility, washing ability and decrease in fabric strength after washing. The most beneficial functional properties, comparable to those found in formulations containing potassium or triethanol ammonium salts, were achieved at the glycerin content of 20%.

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Ziel der in der Arbeit dargestellten Studie war es zu zeigen, dass die Verwendung einer Kombination aus Glycerin und Natriumsalz-Tensiden bei der Herstellung von Flüssigwaschmitteln eine Alternative zu den derzeit üblicherweise hergestellten Produkten auf der Basis von Tensiden in Form der Kalium- oder Triethanolammoniumsalze ist. Es wurden Versuche durchgeführt, um die funktionellen Standardeigenschaften von flüssigen Waschmittelmodellformulierungen mit unterschiedlichen Glyceringehalten zu bestimmen. Die Analyse konzentrierte sich auf das Schaumvermögen, die rheologischen Eigenschaften, die Löslichkeit, Waschkraft und Abnahme der Gewebefestigkeit nach dem Waschen. Die vorteilhaftesten funktionellen Eigenschaften, die mit denen von kalium- oder triethanolammoniumsalz-haltigen Formulierungen vergleichbar sind, wurden bei einem Glyceringehalt von 20% gefunden.

Key words: Glycerin; household chemicals; liquid laundry detergents; detergents quality; washing test
Stichwörter: Glycerin; Haushaltschemikalien; Flüssigwaschmittel; Waschmittelqualität; Waschtest
*Correspondence address, Mrs. Dr. Anita Bocho-Janiszewska, University of Technology and Humanities, Faculty of Material Science, Technology and Design, ul. Chrobrego 27, 26-600 Radom, Poland, E-Mail:

Anita Bocho-Janiszewska graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University with M. Sc. in Chemistry. She received PhD at University of Technology and Humanities in Radom. She is currently a researcher and a lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Material Science, Technology and Design, University of Technology and Humanities in Radom. The main streams of her scientific interests are physicochemistry and application of surfactants, technology and quality of cosmetics and household products. Currently, she is the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science, Technology and Design at University of Technology and Humanities in Radom.

Tomasz Wasilewski received his M. Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Radom, Poland (2000), his Ph. D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Technical University of Warsaw, Poland (2004) and his DSc. in Commodity Science from the Cracow University of Economics, Poland (2014). He was supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (2006–2007), and is currently a researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of Technology and Humanities in Radom. Main research topics of Assoc. Prof. Tomasz Wasilewski are cosmetics and household products, their manufacturing, properties, quality assessment and physicochemistry of aqueous solutions of surfactants. Currently, he is the Head of Department of Chemistry and the Dean of the Faculty of Materials Science, Technology and Design at University of Technology and Humanities in Radom.

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Received: 2017-05-22
Accepted: 2017-06-03
Published Online: 2017-09-06
Published in Print: 2017-09-15

© 2017, Carl Hanser Publisher, Munich

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https://doi.org/10.3139/113.110517
Keywords for this article
Glycerin; household chemicals; liquid laundry detergents; detergents quality; washing test

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents/Inhalt
  2. Contents
  3. Detergents/Cleaning
  4. Application of Glycerin in Liquid Laundry Detergents as an Example of Innovation in the Household Chemicals Industry
  5. Application
  6. Characterization of Pyrene Solubilization in Selective Micellar Media of Novel Bio-degradable Natural Surfactant Saponin (Extracted from Soap Nut) and Conventional Surfactant SDBS in Presence and Absence of Common Salt NaCl
  7. The Effect of pH on the Properties of a Cationic Bitumen Emulsifier
  8. The Role of Fatty Acids Functional Group in Morinda citrifolia L. on Surface Tension and Diffusion Performance into Ink Particles
  9. Physical Chemistry
  10. Effect of Some Vitamins of Group B (B1, B6, B12) on Micellar and Viscosity Properties of Anionic, Cationic and Nonionic Surfactants in Aqueous Solutions
  11. Phase Behavior and Solubilization of Microemulsions Containing C16mimBr with Different Oil-Water Ratios
  12. Thermodynamics of Micellization, Interfacial Behavior and Wettability Alteration of Aqueous Solution of Nonionic Surfactants
  13. Novel Surfactants
  14. Synthesis and Properties of a Novel Gemini Surfactant with Bis-piperidinium
  15. Surface Activities and Quantum Chemical Calculations for Different Synthesized Cationic Gemini Surfactants
  16. Effect of Novel Surfactant on the Growth Kinetics of Cobalt Nanoparticles
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