SLES ndi mtundu wa anionic surfactant yomwe imagwira ntchito bwino kwambiri. Imatsuka bwino, imathira madzi, imanyowetsa, imakhuthala komanso imatulutsa thovu, imakhala ndi mphamvu yolimba, imagwirizana bwino, imakana madzi olimba, imawononga kwambiri, komanso imasiya kuyabwa kwambiri pakhungu ndi m'maso. Imagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu sopo wamadzimadzi, monga mbale, shampu, bafa la thovu ndi chotsukira m'manja, ndi zina zotero. SLES ingagwiritsidwenso ntchito mu ufa wotsuka ndi sopo wa sopo wa zinthu zodetsedwa kwambiri. Pogwiritsa ntchito SLES m'malo mwa LAS, phosphate imatha kusungidwa kapena kuchepetsedwa, ndipo mlingo wonse wa zinthu zogwira ntchito umachepetsedwa. M'mafakitale opanga nsalu, kusindikiza ndi kupaka utoto, mafuta ndi zikopa, ndi mafuta odzola, oyeretsera, odzola thovu ndi ochotsa mafuta.