What is the chemical composition of Wheel detergent powder?
How much of it is salt? What is the moisture percentage as it comes in a packed condition to the dealer?
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Soaps and detergents are cleaning products that can include bar soaps and liquid gels to clean hands, face or body; Detergent powders or cakes for cleaning clothes; Household cleaners for cleaning household items such as furniture, glass, plastic items, etc .; And cleaning products of dishes for the washing of utensils and dishes. Surfactants are the main ingredients of soaps and detergents. Apart from these surfactants, all soaps and detergents are made using a variety of ingredients that are added in soap and detergent products to give them specific properties and characteristics.
Ingredients for soaps and detergents
Soaps are prepared by the alkaline hydrolysis of fats and oils or the saponification process. This soapmaking process also produces a by-product 'glycerol' which is useful in food, as antifreeze, as a wetting agent for tobacco and in the manufacture of nitroglycerin and dynamite. The ingredients of soaps and detergents and their percentage (percentage of total weight) used can be listed as follows:-
• Surfactants (30-70%)
• Plasticizers and binders (20-50%)
• Foam improvers (0-5%)
• Loads and binders (5-30%)
• Water (5-12%)
• Fragrance (0-3.0%)
• Opacifying agents (0-0.3%)
• Dyes and pigments (less than 1%)