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Fluorescent whitening agents in heavy duty liquid detergents
Author(s) -
Lee Frank
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of chemical technology and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1097-4660
pISSN - 0268-2575
DOI - 10.1002/jctb.280500303
Subject(s) - laundry , heavy duty , spotting , sophistication , fluorescence , pulp and paper industry , fluorescent light , biochemical engineering , chromatography , process engineering , environmental science , computer science , chemistry , waste management , engineering , artificial intelligence , art , automotive engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , aesthetics
Fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs) for laundry detergents have been known and successfully used for decades to provide a valuable contribution to the washing results. The increased sophistication of detergent formulations, which is expected to continue into the 1990s, presents new needs and challenges for the FWA. This paper looks specifically at the development of the heavy duty liquid detergent segment and its influence on FWA formulation and performance characteristics such as processability, compatibility, stability and spotting.