Quaternary ammonium salts comprise the active ingredients in fabric softener, the cost and performance of which can be assessed only by determining their presence with accuracy. This Application Note ...

Their critical review details how quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are increasingly marketed and used in home, healthcare, education, and workplace settings despite the availability of safer ...

Background: Alkyl ester quaternary ammonium compounds (ester quats) are used extensively in fabric rinse conditioners. It is important to document in the literature the outcome of historical studies ...

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the antimicrobial efficiency of two commercially available disinfectants containing quaternary ammonium compounds ...

A new in-vitro study by University of California, Davis, researchers indicates that quaternary ammonium compounds, or “quats,” used as antimicrobial agents in common household products inhibit ...

Share on Pinterest The use of household disinfectants containing QACs rose during the COVID-19 pandemic. QACs have been linked to health issues in human and animal studies. Smederevac/Getty Images The ...

Fabric softener contains quaternary ammonium salts as its active ingredient, and therefore its cost and performance are evaluated by accurately measuring the amount of these salts. This article ...

IN a previous paper, some of us 1 have shown that the quaternary ammonium salts of deoxy- and ribonucleic acids are soluble in organic solvents, and that by the addition of a concentrated solution of ...

Researchers at Shandong Second Medical University have developed a dimethyl quaternary ammonium derivative of harmane that shows strong potential for attacking the bacterium through diverse mechanisms ...

* Photo: Tim Morris * Dihydrogenated tallow dimethyl ammonium chloride A derivative of rendered fat from cattle, sheep, and horses. Just boil it down and mix with ammonium (NH 4). After a series of ...