End User Focus: Bentonite’s clay cleanse
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Published: Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Sustainability issues, a rise in allergy prevalence and the EU’s REACH directive are all encouraging the use of bentonite-based additives in the detergent industry, as Dr Andreas Werner discusses
Industrial minerals are traditionally a key factor in the
manufacture of detergents. In volume terms, sodium sulphate,
soda ash and zeolites play a major role, while considerably
lower quantities of bentonite-based speciality additives are
also used. Giving rise to innovative detergent formulations,
the demand for these additives has been growing...