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calcium stearate removal

rissyang - 6-9-2013 at 00:08

hi guys.
im from the rubber glove industry and we are in the midst of developing high alkalinity chlorine based cleaners using sodium hypochlorite as the chlorine source.

our main formula would be using:-
NaOH - 20wt%
KOH - 5wt%
and Sodium hypo - 25wt%
with the remaining being topped up with water.
this is a typical formula for industrial cleaner to remove calcium stearate from the latex caogulant tanks.

the trouble is, it doesnt seem to work efficiently, even at elevated temperatures of 70C. we cant go up further due to end product issues

anybody here have any ideas how we go about making an alkaline chlorine cleaner which can remove calcium stearate? or any other indgredient that might be able to help?

Nicodem - 6-9-2013 at 00:41

How is this connected to amateur chemistry? You are asking here for help in solving a problem you are being paid to solve. Not only that, the problem is profit related which is the exact opposite to amateur motives.

Oscilllator - 6-9-2013 at 01:03

25% Sodium hypochlorite? wont that degrade super fast?

Harristotle - 6-9-2013 at 03:36

Really Nicodem ?

Don't you think that crossfertilisation is good? It may even improve the standing of this wonderful, talented community to the outside world, who only think "breaking bad".


My advice, for stearates, is to find a chelator that is stable in hypochlorite - citraate and edta-ate would be suitable if they are stable in such a high hypochlorite concentration as 25% Then any Ca salts which would prevent stearates from dissolving can be removed.


Cheers,
Harristotle

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