Modern trends in machine washing clothes are moving toward washing with small amounts of water and at low temperatures to minimize power consumption. Liquid detergents, which are increasingly used for washing, do not guarantee hygienic integrity, thus there is a greater need to develop a detergent that ensures both aesthetic and hygienic cleanliness. Hydrogen peroxide as an environmentally friendly compound can be used as an additive in liquid detergents to provide hygienic, surfactants for aesthetic cleanliness, while stabilizers ensure maximum stability of hydrogen peroxide in such formulations. In this paper, I investigated the influence of different combinations of surfactants and stabilizers on the stability of 12 % hydrogen peroxide, on changes in the pH of the solutions, and on the capacity and stability of the foam formed by the samples. The hydrogen peroxide concentration in the formulations studied was determined by automatic potentiometric titration with sodium thiosulfate over a period of eight months. Good stability was shown by all hydrogen peroxide formulations with 5 % surfactant content, stabilized with a combination of citric and dipicolinic acids as ecologically compatible stabilizers.
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