or stabilizers chelating agents corrosion inhibitors detergents bacteriostats and ph controllers examples of surfactants which have good foam forming properties include alkyl sulfates sulfated alcohols ethoxylated and sulfated alkyl phenols ethoxylated and sulfated alcohols and sulfated alkanolamides examples of foam boosters and or stabilizers include fatty dialkanolamides and amine oxides such surfactant materials are readily available and their properties and specific examples are described in kirk othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology 34 surfactants 34 second edition vol 19 pages 507 566 and lists available from mccutcheon division mc publishing co glen rock n j which are incorporated herein by reference examples of materials which provide detergency corrosion and ph control are alkali metal phosphates such as monosodium phosphate disodium phosphate trisodium phosphate sodium hexamethaphosphate sodium tripolyphosphate tetrapotassium pyrophosphate tetrasodium pyrophosphate monopotassium phosphate dipotassium phosphate and tripotassium phosphate and alkali metal silicates such as sodium silicate sodium disilicate sodium metasilicate sodium orthosilicate potassium metasilicate and potassium tetrasilicate the foams should be neutral or slightly alkaline to reduce corrosion and in the case of eggs to avoid acid attack on the shells examples of chelating agents are gluconates such as sodium and potassium gluconate the tetrasodium salt of ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid sorbitol mannitol sorbose d gluconolactone and 1 rhannose examples of bacteriostats are a product marketed by dow chemical under the trademark dowicil 75 a mixture of 1 3 chloroalkyl 3 5 7 triaza 1 azoniaadamantane and sodium bicarbonate and sodium omadine stiff cushioning foams are formed by mixing.