[Tom Jensen]

I'm a professional, just not in chemistry. My apologies if this is the wrong board, feel free to move it. I just don't want a high school answer. I'm looking for something a little more in depth.

I know that Orvus is the liquid or paste, lauryl sulfate and dreft was the spray dried version of that paste that was about 60% sodium sulfate leftover from the process. But is there anything in the nomenclature that would differentiate the two? Is dreft an alkyl sulfate or are they both alkyl sulfates? Thank you very much.

[Hunter2]

Its the commercial names for the same thing.

[Tom Jensen]

I guess what I am asking is there anything in the nomenclature that would differentiate the two, besides calling it by their trade names or lauryl sulfate. Is there anything that tells you in the verbiage that one is spray dried and the other isn't? I know that these are sulfonated long chain fatty alcohols but are they called anything different when they are spray dried. Is there something in the chemical wording that says, hey this has been spray dried?