Concept information
Preferred term
Detergents
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Agent, Cleansing
- Agents, Cleansing
- Cleansing Agent
- Cleansing Agents
- Detergent Pod
- Detergent Pods
- Detergents, Synthetic
- Detergent, Synthetic
- Pod, Detergent
- Pods, Detergent
- Synthetic Detergent
- Synthetic Detergents
Scope note
- Purifying or cleansing agents, usually salts of long-chain aliphatic bases or acids, that exert cleansing (oil-dissolving) and antimicrobial effects through a surface action that depends on possessing both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.
History note
- 91(81)63; was see under SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS 1981-90; was heading 1963-80
In other languages
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Finnish
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detergentti
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pesuaine
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pesuaineet
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puhdistusaine
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puhdistusaineet
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puhdistusneste
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puhdistusnesteet
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Swedish
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Tvättmedel
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003902
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