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What are surfactants and builders?

April 26, 2017builders surfactants

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What are surfactants and builders?

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Surfactants and builders are traditional detergent ingredients. Surfactants are surface-active agents that help remove soil from fabric surfaces and keep the soil in suspension in the wash solution so that it does not redeposit on clothes. Builders function as service chemicals for the remaining detergent ingredients and constitute the chemical and physical backbone in a detergent. For example, builders reduce water hardness and therefore increase the efficiency of some surfactants.