I-ajenti yokuthungatha i-ion zetsimbi engena-phosphate, inokusebenza ngokufanelekileyo zonke iintlobo ze-ion zetsimbi eziqhelekileyo, inciphisa iimpembelelo zomgangatho wamanzi ekukhuhleni, ukuxutywa kwe-bleaching, ukudaya, ukuprinta, isepha kunye nokugqiba, njl. njl. kunye ne-biodegradable, esebenzayo kwiindawo apho kukho izithintelo kukukhutshwa kwe-phosphate 11035