SLS stands for Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, also known as SDS, Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate. ... Companies tend to use SLES as an ingredient in personal care and cleaning products because it is an extremely cheap and effective surfactant and foaming agent — basically what goes into your soap or shampoo to make it foam.
Sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), also known as sodium laurilsulfate or sodium dodecyl sulfate, is an anionic surfactant commonly used as an emulsifying cleaning agent in household cleaning products (laundry detergents, spray cleaners, and dishwasher detergents).
Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), sometimes written sodium laurilsulfate, is a synthetic organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)11SO4Na. ... Its hydrocarbon tail combined with a polar "headgroup" give the compound amphiphilic properties and so make it useful as a detergent.
