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  2. Laundry detergent - Wikipedia

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    Laundry detergent is a type of detergent (cleaning agent) used for cleaning dirty laundry (clothes). Laundry detergent is manufactured in powder ( washing powder ) and liquid form. While powdered and liquid detergents hold roughly equal share of the worldwide laundry detergent market in terms of value , powdered detergents are sold twice as ...

  3. Sodium dodecyl sulfate - Wikipedia

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    Its hydrocarbon tail combined with a polar "headgroup" give the compound amphiphilic properties that make it useful as a detergent. SDS is also component of mixtures produced from inexpensive coconut and palm oils. SDS is a common component of many domestic cleaning, personal hygiene and cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food products, as well as ...

  4. Ghari Detergent - Wikipedia

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    Ghadi Detergent powder is a detergent manufactured by RSPL Limited (RSPL), a Kanpur based company with a net worth of more than 8,000 crore as a diversified conglomerate in India. When Ghadi was launched, market was already dominated by big brands like Surf and Nirma .

  5. Detergent - Wikipedia

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    Detergents. A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions. [1] There are a large variety of detergents. A common family is the alkylbenzene sulfonates, which are soap-like compounds that are more soluble than soap in hard water, because the polar sulfonate is less likely than the polar carboxylate of soap to bind to calcium and other ...

  6. Ajax (cleaning product) - Wikipedia

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    The Ajax brand was extended to a line of household cleaning products and detergents, which enjoyed its greatest success in the 1960s and beginning of the 1970s. Ajax All Purpose Cleaner with Ammonia, introduced in 1962, was the first major competitor to Procter and Gamble's Mr. Clean (debuted 1958). Ajax's success as the so called "White ...

  7. Category:Laundry detergents - Wikipedia

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  8. Dishwasher detergent - Wikipedia

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    Dishwashing detergent may also contain: [citation needed] Anti-foaming agents: [citation needed] Foam interferes with the washing action. Foam may affect operation of the machine's water-level sensors and will leak past the door seals. Additives to slow down the removal of glaze & patterns from glazed ceramics; Perfumes

  9. Tide (brand) - Wikipedia

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    The original Tide laundry detergent was a synthetic designed specifically for heavy-duty, machine cleaning (an advance over the milder cleaning capabilities of Fewa and Dreft detergent brands). Tide was first introduced in U.S. test markets in 1946 as the world's first heavy-duty detergent, with nationwide distribution accomplished in 1949.