Effect of fatty imidazolines on properties of laundry detergent compositions based on cationic surfactants

Abstract

The present study emphasizes on the synthesis of cationic imidazolinium surfactants based on easily available and cheap fatty materials. Surface active properties of 1% aqueous solution of imidazolinium surfactants were evaluated in terms of surface tension, interfacial tension, cmc, dispersability and emulsion stability. To evaluate the performance properties, laundry detergent compositions were made using different percentages of synthesized imidazolinium surfactants with nonionic triton x-100 and properties were evaluated in terms of foaming, softening, rewettability and detergency. The presence of cationic imidazolinium surfactants in laundry compositions, increased the detergency, rewettability, foam stability and softening of compositions