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. 2024 Jun 13;19(6):e0304603. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304603

Table 2. Formulations and experimental conditions.

Category 1: Enzymatic alkanolamine surfactant-based formulations
Formulation Composition# (v/v), condition TESSA reactions (positive/total)*
F1, F2 20D / 10U,10V 4/4*
F3-F5 20D / 11T-11V 4/4*
F6-F9 20D / 40B-40E 4/4*
F10, F11 20H / 10U, 10V 4/4*
F12 20H / 11T 8/16
F13 20H / 11U 7/12
F14 20H / 11V 2/8
F15-17 20H / 40B-40D 4/4*
F18 20H / 40E 4/12
F26 20H / 12A 7/20
F27 20H / 12B 5/8
F28-F30 20H / 12C-12E 3/4*
F32 20K / 12F 6/8
F38-F50 20K / 12K-12W 4/4*
F51-F56 20K / 13A-13F 4/4*
F57 20K / 13G 8/8
F58 20K / 13G, 20 min, 55°C 8/8
F59 0.4% 20K / 0.6% 13G 7/8
F60 0.4% 20K / 0.6% 13G; 20 min, 55°C 4/8
F61 0.4% 20K / 0.6% 13G; 20 min, 65°C 6/8
*: All formulations in this row yielded identical results.
20D: Alkanolamine 30–50% (complexing agents 1–5%, amines > 30%, phosphonates <1%)
20H: Alkanolamine 30–50% (complexing agents 5–10%, amines >30%, phosphonates <1%)
20K: Alkanolamine 5–15% (complexing agents 5–15%, amines 5–15%, phosphates 15–30%, phosphonates <1%)
10U-V: enzymatic product with different concentrations of Ca- and Mg-salts, enzymatic components 1–5%
non-ionic surfactant 1–5%
11T-V: various enzymatic products, non-ionic surfactants, different concentrations of fatty alcohol alcoxylates 5–10%, enzymatic components <5% and alkylglucoside, glycol 1–5%
12A-W: 11T, various concentrations of ingredients
13A-G: various enzymatic products, non-ionic surfactant
40B-E: 11T-U, lower enzyme concentrations, higher glycol concentration, non-ionic surfactants
# Formulations F1-F58 are composed of 0.3% (v/v) 20D-20K and 0.2% (v/v) 10U, 10V, 11T-11V, 40B-40E, 12A-13W or 13A-13G
Category 2: Enzymatic surfactant phosphate/silicate-based formulations
Formulation Composition#, condition TESSA reactions (positive/total)
F19 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 11T 5/16
F20 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 11V 2/4
F21 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 12A 2/8
F22 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 12B 2/8
F23 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 12C 4/8
F24 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 12D 4/8
F25 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 12E 3/4
F31 deconex® TWIN PH10 / 12F 4/8
11T-11V: various enzymatic products, non-ionic surfactants, different concentrations of fatty alcohol alcoxylates 5–10%, enzymatic components <5% and alkylglucoside, glycol 1–5%
12A-F: 11T, various concentrations of ingredients
#Formulations are composed of 0.3% (v/v) Dec TWIN PH10: Phosphate/Silicate and 0.2% 11T, 11V or 12A-12F
Category 3: Hydroxide-based products and solutions
Formulation Composition (v/v), condition TESSA reactions (positive/total)
F67 1% deconex® OP 152, 40 min 8/16
F68 1% deconex® HT 1501,40 min 0/16
F69 1% deconex® MT 14, 40 min 0/16
F74 0.5% deconex® MT 14 3/8
F72/73 1% deconex® MT 14 4/24
F75 2% deconex® MT 14 4/8
F76 3% deconex® MT 14 3/8
Category 4: Hypochlorite-based formulations
Formulation Composition (v/v)#, condition TESSA reactions (positive/total)
F65 0.5% 70B, 0.5% enzyme and surfactant, 40 min 1/8
F66 1% 70B, 40 min 0/16
F71 1% 70B 9/24
F71.2§ 1% 70B, freshly prepared 0/16
F77 0.3% 70B 4/20
F77.2 0.3% 70B, 5 min, freshly prepared 2/8
F78 0.5% 70B 4/20
F78.2 0.5% 70B, 5 min, freshly prepared 0/8
F81 0.75% 70B 3/8
70B: Tetrapotassium pyrophosphate (15–30%), dipotassium trioxosilicate (5–15%), sodium hypochlorite solution (active chlorine (< 5%))
§ Graphs are presented in Fig 2B and S2B Fig.

Post-hoc classification of the formulations and experimental conditions. The number of positive replicates from up to 5 independent TESSA experiments with 4 replicates each are shown. All formulations were applied under machine reprocessing conditions (55°C, 10 min), if not otherwise indicated.