Shawn Forsythe
RIP
OK, I had to write this post after having a long conversation with a customer today about product composition differences. This guy was under the impression that Procyon was something unique, because as he put it, "It's a special phosphoric acid that's mildly alkaline" :wink: .
It took me a little time to convince him that the only thing special, is how the salesmen manipulate chemistry terms & definitions into nonsense for purposes of marketing the product as something you should use, or at least try. It's quite common for MSDS sheets to disguise chemical compositions by using obscure synonyms, rather than the common terms. This is done primarily to add a semblance of mystique to what might seem to be a simplistic formulation, or in some cases to outright obscure the formula from those who might seek alternative products with comparable characteristics.
Here is a listing of commonly found product components in their common terminology (in bold), and the MSDS and sales literature obscura below each bolded term.
Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STPP, a common alkaline builder)
sodium salt of triphosphoric acid.
Triphosphoric acid, pentasodium salt :roll:
Sodium Salt – Phosphoric Acid :roll:
Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash, another alkaline builder)
Carbonic acid disodium salt
Citric Acid
2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic Acid
Sodium Metasilcate PentaHydrate
Silicic acid, sodium salt
Disodium Trioxosilicate
Isopropyl Alcohol(Rubbing Alcohol)
Dimethyl Carbinol
2-Propanol
Butyl Cellosolve (Butyl)
(2-Butoxy Ethanol)
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
Butyl Oxitol
Sodium Percarbonate
Sodium carbonate peroxide
Sodium Perborate
Perboric acid Sodium Salt
Sodium Bisulfite (a reducing agent)
Sulfurous acid, monosodium salt
Monosodium salt of sulfurous acid
Acetic Acid
ethanoic acid
methane carboxylic acid
Sulfamic Acid
Amidosulfonic acid
It took me a little time to convince him that the only thing special, is how the salesmen manipulate chemistry terms & definitions into nonsense for purposes of marketing the product as something you should use, or at least try. It's quite common for MSDS sheets to disguise chemical compositions by using obscure synonyms, rather than the common terms. This is done primarily to add a semblance of mystique to what might seem to be a simplistic formulation, or in some cases to outright obscure the formula from those who might seek alternative products with comparable characteristics.
Here is a listing of commonly found product components in their common terminology (in bold), and the MSDS and sales literature obscura below each bolded term.
Sodium Tripolyphosphate (STPP, a common alkaline builder)
sodium salt of triphosphoric acid.
Triphosphoric acid, pentasodium salt :roll:
Sodium Salt – Phosphoric Acid :roll:
Sodium Carbonate (Soda Ash, another alkaline builder)
Carbonic acid disodium salt
Citric Acid
2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-Propanetricarboxylic Acid
Sodium Metasilcate PentaHydrate
Silicic acid, sodium salt
Disodium Trioxosilicate
Isopropyl Alcohol(Rubbing Alcohol)
Dimethyl Carbinol
2-Propanol
Butyl Cellosolve (Butyl)
(2-Butoxy Ethanol)
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether
Butyl Oxitol
Sodium Percarbonate
Sodium carbonate peroxide
Sodium Perborate
Perboric acid Sodium Salt
Sodium Bisulfite (a reducing agent)
Sulfurous acid, monosodium salt
Monosodium salt of sulfurous acid
Acetic Acid
ethanoic acid
methane carboxylic acid
Sulfamic Acid
Amidosulfonic acid