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The application of linear programming and regression analysis to light duty liquid detergent formulation

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Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society

Abstract

A strategy to help the formulator obtain a good, low cost, light duty liquid detergent formulation which matches or exceeds the properties of a commercially available product in a small number of steps is presented in this paper. The strategy is a sequential procedure, making use of a formulator’s prior knowledge of the system, results obtained in previous steps, regression analysis and linear programming. The linear model is improved at each step. In comparison with previously published methods of detergent formulation, a considerably smaller number of steps is required to arrive at a minimum cost formulation which meets the property specifications. The strategy is illustrated by matching the properties of a commercial detergent in less than nine steps using ten components, of which eight can vary.

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  1. School of Sciences, Deakin University, 3217, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia

    K. Y. Chan & P. E. Kavanagh

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Chan, K.Y., Kavanagh, P.E. The application of linear programming and regression analysis to light duty liquid detergent formulation. J Am Oil Chem Soc 65, 1971–1976 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02546020

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