Abstract
Or these the largest production is of synthetic detergents or syndets based on petroleum in the form of alkylate , a combined alkyl aryl hydrocarbon. Although the alkyl portion is always obtained from petroleum, the aryl portion may or may not be. Soap continues to be replaced by syndets for some uses where the latter do a better job. Syndets hit their first billion pound year, predicted for 1950 as far back as 1947. The following table in which the figures for 1950 are extrapolated by multiplying those for the first three quarters by 1.33 says more than words can about the competitive situation. The largest soap sales to date were in 1941 when they approximated 2.5 billion pounds. In 1950, soap approached this peak although the price of inedible tallow in late 1950 was 12 cents a pound—twice what it was at the same time in 1949. This reflects individual and corporate stockpiling due to ...
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