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Soap, Fatty Acids, and Synthetic Detergents

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The origin of the word “soap” is traced to sacrificial Mount Sapo of ancient Roman legend. The mixture of fat and wood ashes that reacted to form soap was carried by rain to the banks of the Tiber River and was found as a clay deposit useful for cleaning clothes [1].

1Colgate Palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ- Soap and Fatty Acids.

2Proctor and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH-Synthetic Detergents

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Abbreviations

ABS:

Alkylbenzene sulfonate

AE:

Alcohol ethoxylate

AES:

Alkyl ether sulfonate

AOS:

Alpha olefin sulfonate

APE:

Alkyl phenol ethoxylate

APG:

Alkyl polyglycoside

AS:

Alkyl sulfate

BAB:

Branched alkylbenzene sulfonate

BAC:

Benzalkonium chloride

CAPB:

Coco amido propyl betaine

CPC:

Cetyl pyridium chloride

CTAB:

Cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride

HEQ:

Hydroxyethyl quat

LAS:

Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate

MEE:

Ethoxylated methyl ester

MES:

Methyl ester sulfonate

NPE:

Nonylphenol ethoxylates

PE:

Phosphate ester

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    Janine Chupa, Steve Misner, Amit Sachdev & Peter Wisniewski

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    George A. Smith

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Chupa, J., Misner, S., Sachdev, A., Wisniewski, P., Smith, G.A. (2012). Soap, Fatty Acids, and Synthetic Detergents. In: Kent, J. (eds) Handbook of Industrial Chemistry and Biotechnology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4259-2_36

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