Abstract:
Sulphated alcohols have found wide application in the textile industry as
wetting agents in fibre preparation, dyeing, printing and finishing. They are
also used in the leather industry, in degreasing and promoting the tanning and
dyeing of high-quality leather. They are used, moreover, as the effective
surfactant in herbicide insecticide and fungicide sprays as well as in polymerization
processes and plastics coating and laminating. All kinds of
laundry detergents contain alkyl sulphates as an active substance. The requirements
of the market-place led to the adoption by the sulphation technology
of new materials such as ethoxylates. Modern sulphation installations
are equipped to sulphate alcohols and ethoxylates as well as alkylbenzenes.
