Acid Slurry (ALKYL Benzene Sulphonate)

Abstract

Synthetic detergents had developed in the beginning of 20th century and started making inroads into the area earlier served by washing compounds i.e. soaps made traditionally from oils/ fats and caustic soda. Since soaps have comparatively lesser washing characteristics in hard water than synthetic detergents, synthetic washing compounds have been able to occupy a significant market which was enjoyed by washing soaps earlier. The term detergents which originated from the Latin word detergine (i.e. to wipe off), is now a days applied to all synthetic washing compounds. Synthetic detergents are not only used as cleaning materials but also have industrial applications in textiles, pesticide industry as carriers, etc.