Scenario: Spotless in Seattle, a manufacturer of industrial cleaners, floor waxes and disinfectants, has been requested by one of their largest customers to provide a low-foaming rug shampoo. Due to the urgency of the request, their chief chemist needs fast, reliable access to a good starting formulation for this type of product. Knovel's Advanced Cleaning Products Formulations Database can help!
- In the Search Box on the Knovel Library home page enter the search phrase low foam rug shampoo. The query entered means, "find any page of text or row of data from an interactive table where the terms low, foam, rug, and shampoo are all present somewhere on the same page or in the same row of data." Click the Search button.
- Knovel's Search Results page shows one title with hits that match our query. By clicking on the second entry "Rug, Floor, Carpet, Upholstery Shampoos and Cleaners" -- Table (2) -- the chief chemist uncovered two formulations:
- By clicking on the "view ingredients" link for the PPG Industries Inc formulation, the chief chemist was able to find the information she needed.
- From the information supplied, she had enough information to have the purchasing department pursue price quotes for the raw materials. Using toxicological information available on the Knovel website, she could also ensure that the MSDS sheet could be generated quickly and accurately.
