Sodium Dodecyl Benzenesulfonate CAS 25155-30-0

1. Washing function

Sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate is a yellow oily substance that can be purified to form strong hexagonal or rhombohedral plate-like crystals. It has low toxicity and has been recognized as a safe chemical raw material by the International Safety Organization. Sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate can be used in fruit and tableware cleaning, with the largest amount used in detergents. Due to the use of large-scale automated production and low cost, sodium alkylbenzenesulfonate used in detergents has two types: branched chain structure (ABS) and straight chain structure (LAS).

The branched chain structure has low biodegradability and can cause pollution to the environment, while the straight chain structure is easy to biodegrade, with a biodegradability of more than 90% and a low degree of environmental pollution.

Sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate is neutral, sensitive to water hardness, not easy to oxidize, has strong foaming power, high cleaning power, easy to mix with various additives, low cost, mature synthesis process, and wide application fields. It is an excellent anionic surfactant. It has significant decontamination effect on granular dirt, protein dirt and oily dirt, especially on granular dirt on natural fibers.

Its decontamination ability increases with the increase of washing temperature, and its effect on protein dirt is higher than that of non-ionic surfactants, and foam is rich. However, there are two drawbacks. Firstly, it has poor resistance to hard water, and its cleaning performance can decrease with the hardness of the water. Therefore, detergents that use it as the main active agent must be combined with an appropriate amount of chelating agents.

The second reason is that it has strong degreasing power, which can cause some irritation to the skin when hand washed. After washing, the clothes have a poor hand feel, and it is recommended to use cationic surfactants as softeners for rinsing. In recent years, in order to achieve better comprehensive washing effect, it is often used in combination with non-ionic surfactants such as fatty alcohol polyoxyethylene ether (AEO). The main purpose is to prepare various types of liquid, powder, and granular detergents, cleaning agents, and detergents.

2. Emulsifying dispersant

Emulsifier is a substance that improves the surface tension between various constituent phases in an emulsion, forming a uniform and stable dispersed system or emulsion. Emulsifiers are surface active substances with both hydrophilic and oleophilic groups in their molecules.

They aggregate at the oil/water interface, reducing interfacial tension and decreasing the energy required to form emulsions, thereby increasing the energy of emulsions. As an anionic surfactant, it has good surface activity, strong hydrophilicity, effectively reduces the tension at the oil-water interface, and achieves emulsification. Therefore, it has been widely used in the formulation of emulsions such as cosmetics, food, printing and dyeing auxiliaries, pesticides, etc.

3. Antistatic agent

Any object carries its own static charge, which can be negative or positive. The accumulation of static charge can affect or even harm daily life or industrial production. Chemicals that guide and eliminate the accumulated harmful charge so that it does not cause inconvenience or harm to production or life are called anti-static agents. It is an anionic surfactant that can make the surface of fabrics, plastics, and other materials more hydrophilic. At the same time, ionic surfactants also have a conductive effect, which can cause static electricity to leak in a timely manner, thereby reducing the danger and inconvenience caused by static electricity.

4. Other functions

Sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate has a wide range of uses. In addition to the above-mentioned applications, it is also commonly used as a refining agent for cotton fabrics, a desizing agent, a leveling agent during dyeing, and a metal degreaser in metal electroplating processes; Used as a resin dispersant, felt detergent, and de ink agent in the paper industry; Used as a penetration degreaser in the leather industry; Used as an anti caking agent in the fertilizer industry; Used as an air entraining agent in various aspects of the cement industry, either alone or as a combination component.

5. The field of daily chemical cleaning: the core scenario of livelihood applications

(1) Laundry powder and laundry detergent

As the main active ingredient of laundry detergent (with a content of up to 15% -30%), SDBS destroys the adhesion between stains and clothing fibers through anionic surface activity, especially for polar stains such as oil stains and sweat stains, which have significant cleaning effects.

Features: rich and stable foam, suitable for machine washing and hand washing; Linear SDBS (LAS) has good biodegradability and meets environmental requirements.

Case: In mainstream laundry detergent formulas on the market, SDBS is often compounded with sodium carbonate, protease, etc. to improve stain removal efficiency and adjust pH value.

(2) Dishwashing detergent and utensil cleaner

When used in dishwashing detergent, SDBS can quickly disperse oil and form an emulsion, combined with mild additives such as cocoamidopropyl betaine to reduce irritation and meet the cleaning needs of direct contact with the skin.

Advantages: Low residue, easy to rinse, in compliance with food contact safety standards (such as GB 14930.1).

(3) Personal care products

A small amount is added to shampoo and shower gel as an auxiliary foaming agent (often compounded with amino acid surfactants) to enhance cleaning power while reducing the irritation of the main surfactants.

Limitations: The pure SDBS system still has a certain degree of irritation to the scalp and skin, and requires the use of complex conditioning agents (such as quaternary ammonium salts).

6. Industry and Manufacturing: Multi scenario Functional Additives

(1) Textile printing and dyeing industry

Detergent: Used for pre cooking and dyeing of cotton and linen fabrics to remove impurities such as oil and wax, ensuring uniform dyeing.

Emulsion dispersant: stabilize polymer particles in lotion polymerization (such as synthetic fiber production) to prevent agglomeration.

Case: In the reactive dye dyeing process, SDBS can improve the dispersibility of dyes in water and reduce the formation of color spots.

(2) Paper industry

De ink agent: During the process of paper recycling, SDBS emulsifies and removes ink particles from paper fibers, improving the whiteness of recycled paper.

Coating additives: Used for paper coating liquids (such as calcium carbonate coatings) to improve pigment dispersion and coating smoothness.

(3) Oil and mining industry

Drilling fluid additive: As a shale inhibitor and filtrate reducer, it stabilizes the performance of drilling fluid and prevents formation collapse.

Mineral flotation agent: adsorbs onto the surface of minerals in metal ore flotation, enhances their hydrophobicity, and improves sorting efficiency.

(4) Lotion polymerization and coating industry

As an emulsifier for styrene acrylate lotion polymerization, sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate can control the particle size and molecular weight distribution of polymer, and is used to produce water-borne coatings, adhesives, etc.

Advantages: Good compatibility with polymers, less prone to surface defects after film formation.