The long carbon chain monomer modified polyacrylate latex was successfully prepared by semi-continuous seeded emulsion polymerization. In this work, methyl methacrylate and butyl acrylate were used as main monomers; stearyl acrylate was used as functional monomer, which were emulsified with the novel mixed surfactants of disodium laureth sulfosuccinate (AEMES) and alkylphenol ethoxylates (OP-10) and initiated with 2,2′-azobis (2-methyl propion- amidine) dihydrochloride initiator. The structure of the resultant latex was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis and contact angle were used to test the properties of the latex film. The particle size of the latex was measured by the Zetatrac dynamic light scattering detector. Factors, which have an influence on the properties of the latex and its film, have been investigated in detail. Results show that the optimal condition of synthesizing the latex is as follows: the amount of emulsifiers is 4%; the mass ratio of AEMES to OP-10 is 3:1; the amount of initiator is 0.7%; the content of SA is 6%.
Sodium oxalate is a detergent builder candidate due to its good performance in detergent formulations. However, sodium oxalate softens water by forming precipitates, thus preventing calcium oxalates from depositing on fabrics is a key goal for sodium oxalate-based detergents. Surfactants and builders are two main ingredients in detergents. Here, six anionic surfactants were chosen to study their deposition effects on cotton fabric during washing. Ash deposition analysis was used to evaluate the amount of calcium oxalate deposition on cotton fabric. X-ray diffractometer and scan electron microscope were performed to the study crystal phase and morphological changes of calcium oxalates in the presence of the different anionic surfactants, and the total interaction energy between calcium oxalates and cotton fabric was calculated by Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek (DLVO) theory in each case. The results showed that different anionic surfactants have a different effect on the ash deposition, primarily that the concentration of surfactants had less influence on the deposition with the exceptions of sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonates (SDBS) and sodium methyl ester sulfonates (MES). Anionic surfactants can influence both phase and morphology of calcium oxalates, which might influence the zeta potential of the calcium oxalates. When the calcium oxalates are of the same phase, the deposition amount decreased with increasing maximum total interaction energy (VTmax). The greatest decrease in calcium oxalates deposition occurred in the presence of sodium alkyl ether sulfates (AES) and disodium lauryl sulfosuccinates (AEMES), of which VTmax is the largest.