SLES ndi mtundu wa anionic surfactant ndikuchita bwino kwambiri. Ili ndi kuyeretsa bwino, kutsekemera, kunyowetsa, kuchulukitsa komanso kuchita thovu, kusungunuka kwabwino, kuyanjana kwakukulu, kukana kwambiri madzi olimba, kuwonongeka kwakukulu kwa biodegradation, komanso kupsa mtima pang'ono pakhungu ndi diso. Amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri mu zotsukira zamadzimadzi, monga zotsukira mbale, shampu, kusamba kwa thovu ndi zotsukira m'manja, ndi zina zotero. SLES ingagwiritsidwenso ntchito pochapa ufa ndi zotsukira zonyansa kwambiri. Pogwiritsa ntchito SLES m'malo mwa LAS, phosphate imatha kupulumutsidwa kapena kuchepetsedwa, ndipo mlingo wamba wa zinthu zogwira umachepetsedwa. M'makampani opanga nsalu, kusindikiza ndi kudhaya, mafuta ndi zikopa, ndimafuta, zopaka utoto, zotsukira, zotulutsa thovu ndi zochotsera mafuta.