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2007-09-06 21:24:07 · 3 answers · asked by ✩☆✩HAPPINESS✩☆✩ 4 in Home & Garden Cleaning & Laundry

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Biological detergents usually refer to dishwashing and/or laundry detergents (i.e. Cascade Complete) that are efficient at breaking down fat and protein molecules. These detergents usually contain an enzyme (lipases and proteases) that helps breakdown particles of food and hard to remove burnt 'crusties' on dishes or hard to remove food/oil stains from clothing. Here is an explanation from gscechemistry.com:

The use of enzymes in detergents has the advantage
that effective washing can be carried out in warm water.
Warm water is preferable to hot water because

1) it is more energy efficient
(you don't have to heat the water so much).

2) the dye in coloured clothing is less likely to wash out of the fabric.

3) clothes are more likely to stay the same shape
(hot water causes some fabric to shrink).

Happy Cleaning!

2007-09-07 00:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by boi.loki 2 · 1 0

A biological detergent is a detergent used for washing clothing that contains Enzymes.
The description is commonly used in the United Kingdom, where other washing detergents are described as "non-biological".

The purposes of the Enzymes is to break down protein, starches and fat that may be found in dirt and stains upon clothing to be laundered, for example food stains, sweat or mud.

Some people may be allergic to the enzymes. The selling points of non-biological detergents is that they are gentler, causing less irritation to skin ("kinder on the skin") and less damage to the fabric.

2007-09-07 07:46:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 2 0

Biodegradable? Means it won't harm the environment, easily decomposes.

2007-09-07 05:18:41 · answer #3 · answered by reynwater 7 · 0 2

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