KEYNOTE AWARD LECTURE SPONSORED BY RUGER CHEMICAL CORPORATION A REVIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF FOAMING CLEANSING PRODUCTS DURING THE LAST FIFTY YEARS

摘要

This review presents some of the key improvements achieved in the foaming cleansers category since the IFSCC was founded in 1959. The improvements are shown in terms of new "product generations". The sophisticated products of today are the "fifth generation".rnThe fundamentals of current personal care cleansers go back to the 1920's. At that time, brilliant German chemists were synthesizing new chemicals to overcome the performance weaknesses of soap in the textile industry.