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Thanks for the replies. 

I guess I am asking this from the point of view of a consumer.  As a chemist, I understand that concentration makes a difference in terms of performance.  Consumers have become so focused on ingredient labels nowadays that as soon as they see the words sulfates they freak out, and now it’s the same for sulfonates. 
That’s why I was wondering in a formulation containing say 5% SLS, if I substituted it with say Sodium C14-16 olefin sulfonate at 5%,  would it be a great surfactant in terms of cleansing power:   Is it capable of leaving the hair squeaky clean?  

Is using sodium olefin sulfonate by itself good enough as a surfactant (putting aside foaming power)?