Detergent Industry — Soda Ash, SLES, Sodium Sulfate & Sodium Bicarbonate Solutions

The detergent industry manufactures a wide range of cleaning products, including laundry powders, dishwashing liquids, industrial cleaners, and other household and institutional detergents. Key chemicals in this sector improve cleaning performance, control water hardness, enhance solubility, and stabilize formulation properties.
YRC supplies soda ash, sodium bicarbonate, SLES, and anhydrous sodium sulfate for detergent applications. These materials support washing efficiency, foaming performance, pH adjustment, and cost-effective production.

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Sodium Lauryl Ether Sulfate (SLES70%)

SLES is an anionic surfactant with strong cleaning properties, good foaming ability, and mildness. It is readily soluble in water and suitable for laundry, dishwashing, and industrial cleaning formulations.

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Specific application scenarios

Home laundry scene

Home Laundry

Used in laundry detergents and laundry powders to remove daily stains such as sweat, oil, and dust from cotton, linen, and synthetic fabrics.

Tableware washing scene

Tableware Washing

Widely used in dishwashing detergents and tableware cleaners to remove food residues such as grease and starch from surfaces.

Industrial cleaning scene

Industrial Cleaning

Used to remove heavy oil stains from industrial equipment surfaces, including food processing machinery and textile equipment.

Product Function & Value

Product Function

SLES acts as a core cleaning ingredient. It emulsifies oils, disperses stains, and works with enzymes to improve stubborn-stain removal. Its moderate foaming suits both machine and hand washing, and it is less irritating than traditional surfactants, making it suitable for close-fitting garments.

Related Value

In mid-to-high-end laundry detergents, SLES supports the “low irritation + efficient stain removal” selling point and meets household demand for gentle cleaning.

Product Function

SLES quickly penetrates oil layers and breaks oils into water-soluble particles that rinse away easily. Its low-residue characteristics support food-contact-safe rinsing.

Related Value

It improves oil removal efficiency in dishwashing detergents, reduces the number of washes, and suits bulk cleaning in home kitchens and catering operations.

Product function

At higher concentrations, SLES can peel off heavy oil stains. When combined with alkaline additives such as soda ash, it enhances cleaning power and offers good resistance to hard water in complex industrial water conditions.

Related Value

It supports heavy-duty industrial cleaning formulations, reduces reliance on additional surfactants, and maintains performance in hard-water conditions.

Soda Ash Light

Soda Ash Light provides strong alkalinity, adjusts pH, softens water, and participates in chemical reactions in detergent formulations.

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Washing powder production scenario

Application Scenarios

As a key alkaline additive in laundry detergents, Soda Ash Light is combined with surfactants such as SLES to improve cleaning efficiency and stain removal.

Product Function

Soda Ash Light softens hard water and enhances surfactant activity. It also adjusts the wash solution to alkaline pH, improving emulsification of oil stains.

Related Value

It enables cost-effective detergent formulations, works synergistically with SLES, and meets mass-market demand for affordable performance.

Fruit and vegetable cleaning agent

Application Scenarios

Used as a fruit and vegetable cleaning agent to remove surface pesticide residues, particularly organophosphate pesticides.

Product Function & Value

Sodium bicarbonate uses its mild alkalinity to hydrolyze and break down persistent pesticide molecules on produce. This mechanism is effective yet gentle, providing a non-irritating clean with no harmful residues, making it suitable for pretreatment of fruits and vegetables in household kitchens.

Sodium Bicarbonate

Sodium bicarbonate is weakly alkaline, mild, non-corrosive, and decomposes easily into carbon dioxide when heated.

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Anhydrous sodium sulfate

Anhydrous sodium sulfate is a neutral salt that is readily soluble in water and can adjust the osmotic pressure of a solution.

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Laundry powder filling scene

Application Scenarios

Applied in mid-to-low-end powdered laundry detergents primarily to modify and standardize product density and improve powder flowability.

Product Function & Value

As a cost-effective filler in powdered laundry detergents, anhydrous sodium sulfate helps create uniform particle size and consistency. This uniformity makes the product easier to package, transport, and pour, while remaining compatible with and non-disruptive to the cleaning power of active surfactants.

colored speckles in laundry powder closeup

Application Scenarios

Used in white or blue detergent powders to create visual impact and reinforce brand recognition. Different colors can support different product positioning, such as stain removal, color care, or freshness.

Product Function & Value

Colored speckles are free-flowing, controlled in particle size, and tested for bulk density, pH, moisture, and dissolution time to ensure uniform blending and batch-to-batch consistency.

Colored Speckles

Colored speckles are added to detergent powder at controlled ratios to create visual contrast and support product differentiation on shelf.

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