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A survey of commercial laundry detergents – how effective are they? Part I: powders
Author(s) -
BROWN DONNA M.,
CAMERON BRUCE A.,
MEYER SONYA S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of consumer studies and home economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.775
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1470-6431
pISSN - 0309-3891
DOI - 10.1111/j.1470-6431.1993.tb00161.x
Subject(s) - laundry , bleach , phosphate , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , soft water , hard water , chromatography , waste management , organic chemistry , engineering
The effectiveness of 11 non‐phosphate containing powdered detergents and 12 phosphate containing powdered detergents, of varying formulations, in cleaning a standard soiled fabric in soft water (5 ppm) were evaluated. It was found that in soft water there were no differences between washing with either phosphate or non‐phosphate detergent. In general, washing with detergents which contained phosphates did give somewhat better results in warm water. Detergents that contained bleach as an additive did not result in a whiter fabric.