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BASF Care Chemicals for

Industrial and Institutional
Cleaning

Effective, efficient and economical –

whether it be in cleaning, food safety or
health protection. For these major challen-
ges in Industrial and Institutional Cleaning,
we offer you support that is industry-proven.

Industrial & Institutional Cleaning

Based upon our high-performance chemical expertise and
recommendations for application-specific solutions, we deliver
added value through innovation.
Our products and recommendations improve the effectiveness of your cleaning and
the efficiency with which it is performed.

We help our customers to be more successful ...

... with expertise, with innovation and with a lasting commitment to the
detergent & cleaner industry.

Automatic Dish Washing (ADW)

Immaculate dishes and glasses are essential wherever food is prepared and served.
Besides the guests’ visual impression of cleanliness, compliancy with the increasing hygiene
regulations is a key requirement in automatic dish washing. Therefore we strongly focus on
various approaches which take into account these characteristics as well as the facilities, the
production processes and the raw materials.

Our expertise in chemistry and the ADW market results in offerings that
provide you with excellent cleaning performance
are aligned to increasing regulations
are optimized to different dish washers
are easy to handle
are sustainable and take advantage of eco-labeling

… and thus provide you with a basis for long-term success with your customers.
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Appendix A to EMV 0137 - 00 e 10.2009

Automatic Dish Washing

Industrial & Institutional Cleaning

Broad Product Portfolio
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Automatic Dish Washing

Cleaning
Function Product group Chemistry Products
Scale inhibition Water-soluble polymers, dispersing agents Maleic acid/acrylic acid Sokalan® CP 12 S
copolymer
Polyacrylic acid, modified Sokalan® CP 13 S
Polyacrylic acid Sokalan® PA types
Wetting Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 221
Plurafac® LF 300
Plurafac® LF 305
Plurafac® LF 901
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PO-EO block polymer Pluronic® PE 6200

EO-PO block polymer Pluronic® RPE 2520
Binder Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Polyethylene glycol Pluriol® E 4000
Pluriol® E 6000
Maleic acid/acrylic acid
Dispersion Water-soluble polymers, dispersing agents Sokalan® CP 5
copolymer, Na-salt
Maleic acid/olefin
copolymer, Na-salt Sokalan® CP 9

Polyacrylic acid, Na-salt Sokalan® PA 25 CL

Sokalan® PA 30 CL
Emulsification of hydrophic dirt Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 132
Plurafac® LF 231
Plurafac® LF 403
Maleic acid/olefin
Water-soluble polymers, dispersing agents Sokalan® CP 9
copolymer, Na-salt
Chelation of metal ions Chelating agents Nitrilotriacetic acid Trilon® A
Methylglycinediacetic acid Trilon® M
Dirt removal, non-oxidative e.g. tea, Chelating agents Nitrilotriacetic acid Trilon® A
coffee
Methylglycinediacetic acid Trilon® M
Foam suppression Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Degressal® SD 20
Foam control Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 224
Plurafac® LF 303
Plurafac® LF 403
Plurafac® LF 900
Pluronic® PE 6100
Pluronic® PE 8100
EO-PO block polymer Pluronic® RPE 3110
Dirt removal Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 120
Plurafac® LF 221
Plurafac® LF 300
Plurafac® LF 900
PO-EO block polymer Pluronic® PE 6100
Pluronic® PE 6200
EO-PO block polymer Pluronic® RPE 2520
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Rinsing
Function Product group Chemistry Products
Scale inhibition Water-soluble polymers, dispersing agents Polyacrylic acid, modified Sokalan® CP 10 S
Wetting Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 120
Plurafac® LF 221
Plurafac® LF 300
Plurafac® LF 901
PO-EO block polymer Pluronic® PE 6200
EO-PO block polymer Pluronic® RPE 2520
Preservation Biocides Phenoxyethanol Protectol® PE

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Bronopol Protectol® BN
pH control, dissolving of inor- Water-soluble polymers, dispersing agents Mixture of aliphatic Sokalan® DCS
ganic scales dicarboxylic acids
Methanesulfonic acid Lutropur® MSA
Foam suppression Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Degressal® SD 20
Foam control Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 224
Plurafac® LF 303
Plurafac® LF 403
Plurafac® LF 900
PO-EO block polymer Pluronic® PE 6100
Pluronic® PE 8100
EO-PO block polymer Pluronic® RPE 3110

Dishwasher Cleaning
Function Product group Chemistry Products
Preservation Biocides Phenoxyethanol Protectol® PE
Corrosion inhibition Corrosion inhibitors Ethynylcarbinol alkoxylate Korantin® PM
Korantin® PP
pH control, Acids Mixture of aliphatic Sokalan® DCS
dissolving of inorganic scales dicarboxylic acids
Methanesulfonic acid Lutropur® MSA
Foam control Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 224
Plurafac® LF 303
Plurafac® LF 403
Plurafac® LF 900
Dirt removal Surfactants and polyalkylene glycols Fatty alcohol alkoxylate Plurafac® LF 224
Plurafac® LF 403
Plurafac® LF 900
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Appendix B to EMV 0137 - 00 e 10.2009

Automatic Dish Washing

Industrial & Institutional Cleaning

Excellent Wetting and Rinsing
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Surfactants used in rinse aids must deliver excellent wetting on many

different surfaces, to guarantee a good rinse-off on dishware and cutlery, to
enable surfaces to be free of residues and to allow quick drying. As the rinse
aid solution is also used to refresh the detergent solution, these surfactants
must also show excellent wetting in the cleaning cycle. Therefore excellent
wetting is necessary over a broad temperature range.

I&I automatic dish washing surfactants are required to

provide excellent wetting of different surfaces
remain function over a broad range of temperature from 60°C up to 85°C
enable a quick and spotless drying
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Test methods for wetting:

Two test methods are used for the optimization and

characterisation of the Plurafac ® and Pluronic ® products.

a) Dynamics of wetting by measurement of the contact

angle of a single drop of surfactant solution depending
on the contact time (Picture 1).

b) Complete wetting by evaluation of the homogenous

wetting of defined areas of test specimen.
These tests are run in a spraying apparatus. Glass
specimen treated with and without Plurafac ® LF 300
are shown as an example (Picture 2).

Wetting: Plurafac ® and Pluronic ® products

on glass

Only water Rinse aid/ Rinse aid

no surfactant + Plurafac LF 300

Picture 1 Picture 2
Wetting of a glass surface during Area wetting of glass, Spraying apparatus,
contact angle measurements T = 70°C, contact time = 10 s.

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BASF Plurafac ® LF and Pluronic ® PE and RPE products enable quick and spotless drying
of dishware and cutlery through excellent wetting and rinse-off of diverse surfaces like
Glass and ceramics
Metals, e.g. stainless steel
Plastics, e.g. polyethylene

Wetting speed of surfactants on different substrates

Result on glass
Test conditions:
Contact angle (°)
T = 70°C
50
Surfactant concen-
tration = 0.1 g/l 45
40
Water 35

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®
Plurafac LF 120 30
Plurafac® LF 221 25
Plurafac® LF 300
20
Plurafac® LF 305
15
Plurafac® LF 901
10
Pluronic® PE 6200
5
Pluronic® RPE 2520
0
0,1 1 10
Contact time (sec.)

Result on stainless steel

Contact angle (°)

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0,1 1 10
Contact time (sec.)

Result on polyethylene

Contact angle (°)

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0,1 1 10
Contact time (sec.)
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Appendix C to EMV 0137 - 00 e 10.2009

Automatic Dish Washing

Industrial & Institutional Cleaning

Efficient Foam Control
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In I&I automatic dish washing, the detergent liquor is loaded to a

greater extent with food residues such as fats and proteins than in
consumer dish washing. This is because the liquor is only partially
replaced between cleaning operations. Hydrolyzed food residues
from fats and proteins can cause significant build-up of foam.
Surfactants used in I&I automatic dish washing must therefore be
low- or non-foaming and also act as foam suppressors.
In addition, a rinse aid replenishes the detergent liquor after being
applied in the rinse cycle, so that the surfactants in rinse aid
formulations must also be low-foaming and foam-suppressing.

Surfactants used in I&I automatic dish washing detergents and rinse aids must:
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be low- or non-foaming
act as foam suppressors.

Dishwasher with speed sensor before test run Dishwasher with speed sensor during test run

Test method for foam control:

Foam control is tested in an I&I automatic dishwasher, approximating as closely as is possible the conditions
of normal use.
The rotational speed of the spray arm is measured during the wash or rinse cycle in a stepwise temperature
program.
A high spray arm speed correlates with a low level of foam in the machine.
Wash conditions are simulated by applying the surfactants in an alkaline detergent liquor with ballast soil.
Tests under rinse conditions are run in an acid rinse aid liquor.

® = Registered trademark of BASF group

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BASF Plurafac ® LF and Pluronic ® PE and RPE products

exhibit excellent foam control under different conditions:
wide temperature range
alkaline to acid pH
various soils
diverse machine types

Foam control with detergent and soil loads

Test conditions:
2 g/l alkaline detergent 0
Rotational speed (rpm)

plus 10 ml protein
ballast soil 20
T = 30°C to 60°C
40

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Model Formulation (F1) 60
with surfactant

Plurafac® LF 224
80

Plurafac® LF 303
100
Plurafac® LF 403

less foam
Plurafac® LF 900 120
Pluronic ® PE 6100
140
Pluronic ® PE 8100
30 40 50 60
Pluronic ® RPE 3110 Temperature (°C)

Foam control with rinse aid (no soil load)

Test conditions:
0.3 g/l acid rinse aid 0
Rotational speed (rpm)

according to
DIN 10511/10512, 20
no addition of soil
40

Model Formulation (F2) 60

with surfactant

Plurafac® LF 224 80

Plurafac® LF 303
100
Plurafac® LF 403
less foam

Plurafac® LF 900 120

®
Pluronic PE 6100
140
Pluronic ® PE 8100
30 40 50 60
Pluronic ® RPE 3110 Temperature (°C)

Model Formulation (F1) Model Formulation (F2)

Concentration in % Concentration in %
Sodium metasilicate 48 Plurafac® or Pluronic® product 20
Sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) 42 Citric acid monohydrate 5
Sodium carbonate 5 Sodium cumolsulfonate, 40% am 5
® ®
Plurafac or Pluronic product 5 Demineralized water 70