DECIWET - N
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
I. Nature
Anionic, economical wetting agent and detergent based on alkyl aryl sulphanate.
II. Properties 
Appearance : Transparent yellow liquid
Character :

Anionic, foaming

Colour : Pale yellow
Stability : To, pH between 5 & 10 Good
To, Hard Water - Good
pH of 1% Solution : 8 to 9
III. Behaviour :

In water media, it has an excellent detergent and washing & wetting action. It gives foaming liquors and gives best detergency between pH 8 to 9. It is therefore recommended as general purpose detergent and wetting agent. Its action is more pronounced in hot baths than cold.

IV. APPLICATIONS :
It is a general-purpose detergent & is most suitable for stripping of vegetable tanned E.I leathers. About 1 to 1.5% on the dry weight of leathers, along with mild alkalies, gives, clean leathers, stripping off most of the soluble tans, oils & greases, and prepare them for receiving a fresh retannage. The best method is to run the rinsed leathers with the detergent for 1 to 1 ½ hour and keep overnight in the bath, and next day proceed with the stripping with additional alkalies as required followed by through washing. Blue chrome leathers stored in wet condition for a long time can be pre-washed with 0.2 to 0.6% of DECIWET- N on shaved weight in warm water followed by washing and neturalizing, etc. to get uniform results due to uniformly wetted leathers. It can be used in the rewetting of mineral tanned crust leathers.
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