Handbook of Detergents, Part A: Properties

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Guy Broze
CRC Press, Apr 14, 1999 - Science - 814 pages
Part A of this handbook describes the raw materials and potential interactions of detergent products before, during and after use, focusing on the development and mechanisms of action of cleaning components. The text presents the basic physiochemical concepts necessary to formulate new, safer and more effective detergent products.

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Detergents Technical and Practical Challenges
1
Surfactants Classification
7
Surface Activity
47
Surfactant Solubility
99
AnionicCationic Surfactant Mixtures
133
PolymerSurfactant Interactions Their Behavior at the SolidLiquid Interface
157
Emulsions
181
Microemulsions
253
Properties of Builders Nonphosphate Builders
511
Polymers in Detergents
559
Oxygen Bleaches
597
Hypochlorite Bleach
619
Applications of Hypochlorite
631
Detergent Enzymes A Challenge
639
Perfumes in Detergents
691
The Use of Colorants in Soaps and Detergents
721

Equilibrium and Dynamics of Surfactant Adsorption Monolayers and Thin Liquid Films
303
Foam in Consumer Products
419
Surfactant Interactions with Skin
433
Models for Studying Surfactant Interactions with the Skin
469
Rheological Modifiers for Aqueous Solutions
757
Index
787
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Guy Broze is Director of Technology at Colgate-Palmolive Technology Center, Milmort, Belgium, where he manages and supervises advanced technology for hard-surface care and fabric care. Previously he was a Research Scientist at Liege University (1975-1980). A member of the American Oil Chemists' Society, he has contributed chapters to several books, including Liquid Detergents, edited by Kuo-Yann Lai, and Stabilization in Surfactant Aggregates, edited by S. D. Christian and J. F. Scamehorn (both titles, Marcel Dekker, Inc.). Dr. Broze received the Ph.D. degree (1980) from Liege University, Belgium.

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