Handbook of Detergents: Vol. 82 Pt. A: Properties
Guy Broze (Author), Uri Tsoler (Author), CRC Press
Annotation 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
eBook, English, April 1999
CRC Press [Imprint] Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group [distributor], Abingdon, Florence, April 1999
Scholarly & Professional
1 online resource (814 pages) illustrations.
9780824714178, 9780367803254, 9781439833322, 0824714172, 0367803259, 143983332X
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Detergents - technical and practical challenges; surfactants - classification; surface activity; surfactant solubility; anionic-cationic surfactant mixtures; polymer-surfactant interactions - their behaviour at solid-liquid interfaces; emulsions; microemulsions; equilibrium and dynamics of surfactant adsorption monolayers and thin liquid films; foam in consumer products; surfactant interactions with skin; models for studying surfactant interactions with the skin; properties of builders - nonphosphate builders; polymers in detergents; oxygen bleaches; hypochlorite bleach; applications of hypochlorite; detergent enzymes - a challenge!; perfumes in detergents; the use of colorants in soaps and detergents; disinfection and preservation in detergents; rheological modifiers for aqueous solutions.