Bleaching agents: chemicals that ensure stain-free clothes

摘要

The human race since early times has considered whiteness to be an embodiment of purity and cleanliness and the quest for cleaner and purer fabrics led to the invention of several different types of cleaning and bleaching processes. Fabrics are cleaned satisfactorily only if the interactions of the wash components in the entire washing process are optimised. The major components in this context would be the nature of the soil to be washed, th fibre to be cleaned the chemicals present in the detergent used and so in the wash liquor and the type of equipment used for cleaning. Re-moval of soil from the fabric during the washing process also depends on the mechanical action, the wash time duration and the temperature of washing.