Abstract
Five commonly used alkaline soap builders, namely, caustic soda, soda ash, modified soda, sodium metasilicate, and trisodium phosphate have been tested for detergent efficiency in full-scale power laundry tests. The above sequence represents their decreasing order of efficiency.Optimum detergent conditions do not occur at the same pH value for each builder nor is the same quantity of soap required to produce effective washing.All builders studied are free rinsing and produce no loading of the fabrics. Optimum quantities of builder to produce the maximum detergent effect are tabulated.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Complementary and alternative medicine,Pharmaceutical Science