Assess the cleaning efficiency as a function of detergent concentration within an hour
Eva Ekerot Feb 26, ’19 ~ 2 min

Assess the cleaning efficiency as a function of detergent concentration within an hour

What is the optimal surfactant concentration to use in a cleaning formulation? Here we show how the cleaning efficiency as a function of detergent concentration can be assessed within an hour.

Probing the concentration dependence of your detergent in an hour

An efficient approach to evaluate the soil removal efficiency as a function of detergent concentration is to use a surface sensitive real-time analysis method. For example, QSense® cleaning profile provides information about the soil removal at different conditions in real time. Parameters such as surfactant concentration and cleaning temperature can therefore be assessed already during cleaning test.

Example: Comparison of three different surfactant concentrations 

In this study, we evaluated the soil removal efficiency at three different concentrations of surfactant, 0.1CMC, 0.9CMC and 10CMC. Water was used as a negative control.

How much soil will be removed at each concentration?

The results in Fig 1. show that the water did not have any effect on the soil thickness, i.e. it did not wet the soil. All the three surfactant samples, however, wetted the soil, i.e. the soil thickness increased upon exposure. The results also show how much soil that is removed during the surfactant exposure. The lowest concentration, 0.1CMC, did not remove any soil. The 0.9CMC sample, removed about 10% of the soil in the water rinse step (at 47 minutes). The highest concentration, 10CMC removed soil throughout the entire period of exposure. After the water rinse, ~10% of the soil remained at the surface.

Soil removal as a function of concentration

Figure 1. The graph shows how the soil is wetted and removed from the surface at three different concentrations of surfactant. Water is used as negative control.

Concluding remarks

Using a surface sensitive real time analysis method, such as QSense cleaning profile, the soil removal efficiency as a function of concentration can be assessed and quantified in one hour. The method also provides information about the wetting of the soil.  

Download the case study to learn more

Case study  Analyzing cleaning of hard surfaces with QSense  Download

 

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