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Nowadays, consumers are becoming more concerned about the environmental problems that are occurring around the world. Global warming, depletion of the ozone layer, emissions of greenhouse gases and increased exploitation of raw materials are examples of such problems. The environmental risks of surfactants have also been assessed regularly in the past decades by various industrial […]
The search for renewable resources, specific requirements by certain ethnic communities and growing concern for the environment have increased interest in using plant-based raw materials in household consumer products. The fabric softeners market, which belongs to the luxury product category, is expanding proportionally with the Gross National Products (GNP) and living standards with an annual […]
The development of the oleochemical industry in Malaysia in early 1980s also marked the fast take-off of the soap making industry in this country. This was inevitable because soap is the most immediate downstream product and the most widely used body cleanser today since its production dated back to 2500 BC. In spite of the […]
The α-SME is an alternative anionic surfactant to linear alkyl benzene sulphonates (LAS), fatty alcohol sulphates (FAS) and (the now maligned) branched alkyl sulphates (BAS). Historically, LAS and BAS were the workhorse surfactants for many detergent formulations. But BAS has now been banned from use by many countries due to its low biodegradation quality, leaving […]