Axion is an American brand of
dishwashing liquid
Dishwashing liquid (washing-up liquid or fairy liquid in British English), also known as dishwashing soap, dish detergent, or dish soap, is a detergent used in dishwashing. Dishwashing detergent for dishwashers comes in various forms such a ...
product marketed by
Colgate-Palmolive
The Colgate-Palmolive Company, commonly known as Colgate-Palmolive, is an American multinational corporation, multinational consumer products company headquartered on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The company specializes in ...
. It is available in Asia and Latin America.
History
Originally, Colgate's ''Axion'' brand was the name of an enzyme pre-soak,
to be used before laundering clothes. It was introduced on March 18, 1968.
See also
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Palmolive - a similar dishwashing liquid produced by C-P for the U.S., Canada and other markets.
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Axion
An axion () is a hypothetical elementary particle originally theorized in 1978 independently by Frank Wilczek and Steven Weinberg as the Goldstone boson of Peccei–Quinn theory, which had been proposed in 1977 to solve the strong CP problem ...
- a hypothetical fundamental particle whose name was inspired by the detergent.
References
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Colgate-Palmolive brands
Cleaning products