A review of how liquid caustic soda interacts with various chelators, scale inhibitors, dispersants, and surfactants. This article will explain why the various additive packages work and takes into account new breakthroughs in surfactant technology.

Surfactants are known as “surface active agents.” They have the ability to reduce surface tension which will allow better rinsing. For this reason, they are also known as “wetting agents.”

Phosphonates have valuable properties other than strictly sequestering power and are sometimes the agents of choice because of these properties. They have the ability to deflocculate and suspend water insoluble materials in colloidal form and prevent re-deposition of...