What are the applications of citric acid in the detergent industry
Dec 17, 2024
Citric acid is widely used in the detergent industry, mainly the use of citric acid itself is relatively good performance, citric acid and derivatives in the detergent industry in the application of citric acid or citrate as a washing aid, can improve the performance of washing products, can quickly precipitate metal ions, prevent pollutants reattached to the fabric, to maintain the necessary alkaline washing; Dispersion and suspension of dirt and ash; It can improve the performance of surfactants and is an excellent chelating agent. By adding quantitative sodium citrate can strengthen the decontamination ability of detergent, which is a better washing component, adding citric acid in the corresponding wide temperature range can improve the decontamination ability level.
The application of chemical cleaning agent is mainly to affect the surface of porcelain, alkaline solution and complexing material will be relatively strong corrosion of porcelain, and citric acid after the fusion of detergent, can improve the cleaning capacity, through citric acid and sodium citrate to prepare a ph=5.4 detergent, can be safely used in the dishwasher, will not cause damage to porcelain. Citric acid can be combined with other surface active substances, and sodium silicate and sodium citrate are added in phosphorous free detergent, which has the advantage of stability.
Citric acid can dissolve iron oxide and copper oxide, to produce citric iron, copper complex, if the ammoniated citric acid solution, can produce a large solubility of ferrous ammonia citrate and ferric citrate complex, cleaning effect is very good, citric acid to remove rust, so mainly used to clean new boilers, citric acid and sulfamic acid, glycolic acid or formic acid mixed, It can be used to clean calcium and magnesium scale and rust in boilers, and citric acid and EDTA can be used to clean superheaters.
Citric acid and its derivatives are widely used in the detergent industry
The development of the washing industry is relatively rapid, which is mainly in the production technology has been effectively improved, the application of citric acid and derivatives in the detergent industry, greatly improving the development efficiency level of the detergent industry. The current detergent industry is moving in the direction of low phosphorus and no phosphorus, and it is critical to find alternative and cheap phosphorus free additives. The application of citric acid effectively solves the problem in practice. In the application process of citric acid, for the application of advanced alcohol citric acid monodi-triester and mixture, this is a relatively new surfactant, no pollution no irritation, biodegradability is more prominent, but also has a better dispersion emulsification, in the daily chemical and pharmaceutical industry has a wide range of applications. Some monomers of citric acid are more suitable for skin cleaning ingredients, because they are less irritating, so the addition of kitchen cleaning agents can improve the decontamination performance. It is not only widely used in daily detergents, but also widely used in special detergent products, because it can solve the problems related to the fading of wool fabrics in cleaning and the loose wool of fibers, and the detergent composition of citric acid and the corresponding component is fused in proportion to improve the washing capacity.