An Introduction to Surfactants / Tharwat F. Tadros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tadros, Tharwat F., 1937- author.

Series:

De Gruyter graduate.

De Gruyter Textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surface active agents--Textbooks.

Surface active agents.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Surfactants are surface active agents, molecules that have a significant role in emulsions, suspensions, and foams. They find widespread application in personal care, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and the food industry. The main objective of this graduate level textbook is to present an overview of the classification, physical properties, phase behavior, their effects and applications of surfactants, e.g. as emulsifiers, foam stabilizer, in nano- and microemulsions and as wetting agents.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. General introduction

2. General classification of surfactants

3. Aggregation of surfactants, self-assembly structures, liquid crystalline phases

4. Surfactant adsorption at interfaces

5. Surfactants as emulsifiers

6. Surfactants as dispersants and stabilization of suspensions

7. Surfactants for foam stabilization

8. Surfactants in nanoemulsions

9. Surfactants in microemulsions

10. Surfactants as wetting agents

11. Industrial applications of surfactants

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781523100606

1523100605

9783110312133

3110312131

OCLC:

875818979