Detergents

Applications
Household Cleaners
Industrial and Institutional Cleaners

Recommended products:
Sodium Silicate Liquids
KASIL® Potassium Silicate Liquids
BRITESIL® Hydrous Polysilicates
METSO® Sodium Metasilicates
VALFOR® 100 Zeolite A
Magnesium Sulfate Heptahydrate

How it works: Soluble silicates contribute to detergents as cleaning aids, processing aids, and corrosion inhibitors. As cleaning aids, soluble silicates provide alkalinity and promote soil suspension. VALFOR 100 Zeolite A, acting as a builder, removes water hardness ions and thereby allows the detergent to work more efficiently. As processing aids, liquid silicates serve as binders in spray drying and agglomeration processes.

BRITESIL Hydrous Polysilicates and VALFOR 100 Zeolite A are highly adsorbent. This property allows the formulator to develop free flowing powders using liquid surfactants and fragrances. In addition, soluble silicates inhibit corrosion of metals and thereby protect production equipment.

Magnesium sulfate can be used to enhance performance and aesthetics of detergents and bar soaps. In detergents magnesium sulfate can be used to lower the critical micell conentration (cmc) of a surfactant allowing it to be more efficient. In liquid detergents it can be used as a viscosity builder giving the product a richer appearance. In bar soaps magnesium sulfate can be used to reduce shrinking and cracking and also to minimize soap-dish melt down.

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