3186.     SIMCOX, A. K.  Future of Synthetic Detergents in Relation to the Petroleum-Chemical Industry.  Chem. and Ind., 1950, pp. 178-182.

        Review of development of synthetic detergents by way of fatty acids from natural fat to synthetic fatty acids from nonfat materials such as petroleum paraffins and Fischer-Tropsch paraffins.  Shows growing trend in the consumption of synthetic detergents from nonfat sources and its effect on the increasing satisfaction of the demand for edible fats.