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Soaps and detergents — The inorganic components
Author(s) -
Lowe E. J.,
Adair W. D.,
Johnston E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02673385
Subject(s) - pallet , sodium perborate , raw material , product (mathematics) , business , attractiveness , commerce , chemistry , pulp and paper industry , waste management , engineering , organic chemistry , marketing , mathematics , hydrogen peroxide , geometry , psychology , psychoanalysis
The detergent industry uses about $2 billion of inorganic chemicals a year. Two products—sodium tripolyphosphate, with almost $1.5 billion sales, and sodium perborate, with around .3 billion salesdominate the field. They represent some 30% of a detergent powder raw material cost in the U.S. and 55% in Europe. Interest is developing in one new product, the zeolites, which in view of environmental considerations, may find a place in the formulator’s pallet but which have still to prove their merits and show an attractiveness to potential manufacturers.