Description
Biosativa® for Industry & Household
Biosativa is a cleaning product.It is an absolutely non-polluting, water-soluble fluid which is straw green in colour.
It offers a range of valuable attributes. It is not harmful to surfaces, it is dermatologically harmless, 100% biodegradable
and bio-compatible (no negative impact on plant, animal or marine life). Biosativa is a completely organic cleaner which uses a new form of tenside (agents that modify the surface tension of liquids) The tensides in Biosativa, which are created in the most part from hemp oil and yeast, create highly active amphiphilic tensides (both hydrophobic and hydrophilic compounds)
What is Biosativa® and how does it work?
Biosativa is a bioactive, water-soluble cleaning agent, that solubilises staining generated by fats and oils and thus ensures their complete biodegradation.
Biosativa includes innovation surfactants which possess enormous cleaning power. Moreover Biosativa….
• is neither water-polluting nor harmful to animals and plants
• does not harm any organisms
• non-corrosive to paints, plastics or other materials
• skin friendly
• totally bio-degrades within a few days and is non-toxic for the environment, humans and animals
• contains ingredients from controlled ecological farming
Biosativa can be used
• for large scale kitchens, takeaways, bakeries, catering, hotels, washrooms and similar environments.
• for industry, garages, machinery, repair shop, production lines and workshops, petrol stations, tank cleaning etc.
• for environmental use, cleaning of building yards, rail stations, airports and roads, farm yards, etc
• treatment of solar/photo-voltaic plants (higher efficiency)
• for odour control, especially neutralising oil taint.
• for water management and waste water treatment plants
• for soil remediation, agricultural soils
What is a surfactant?
A surfactant is a substance, that, when solubilised in water, enables the product to remove staining from surface e.g. machines, floors, walls, human skin, textiles, and other solids.
How do surfactant work?
Influence on the surface tension :
Surfactants lower the surface tension of a medium in which they are dissolved
Wetting :
Wetting is the capability of liquids to spread on (solid) surfaces. Lower surface tension = better wetting. Therefore a drop of surfactant spreads more easily on a surface then a drop of water, because the hydrophobic end of the surfactant molecules create the contact between the substrate and water and at the same time the hydrophilic heads are reaching into the water, thus creating strong inter-molecular forces.
Dispersion :
Dispersion occurs because of
• Lowered surface tension
• Surface-Activity
• Hydrophilic/hydrophobic (amphiphilic) body, during cleaning the Biosativa surfactant are showing
• Wetting ability
• Stain loosening characteristics
• Dispersive characteristics
(Picture 1) Surfactant anion action cleans surfaces and staining.
The surfactant anions act as a link between hydrophilic water and hydrophobic surfaces and staining agents (surface-activity of the surfactant)
(Picture 2) Reduction of dirt retention.
The negatively charged surfactant-anions repel each other, thus staining is loosened and emulsified.
(Picture 3) Staining destabilisation.
Whilst the negative charged surfactant-anions repel each other “micelles” are being generated (Staining is being surrounded by surfactant molecules) Agitation maintains dispersion.
Continued molecular interaction enhances dispersion of staining agents and allows for cleaning of the surface.