Cleaning effect of household laundry detergents at low temperatures

Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 413-420

  Laitala, K ^a,b   Mollan Jensen, H ^a,c  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Climate and Pollution Agency   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cleaning effect; Detergent; Laundry; Washing temperature

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; DETERGENTS; LAUNDRIES; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILES; WASHING;

CLEANING EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HOUSEHOLD LAUNDRIES; LAUNDRY DETERGENTS; LIQUID DETERGENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; POWDER DETERGENT; WASHING TEMPERATURE;

SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

EID: 78649604744     PISSN: 09323414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/113.110096     Document Type: Article

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