Novel Surfactants
Subtitle: Preparation, Applications, and Biodegradability, Second Edition (Surfactant Science)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: July 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 648
ISBN-13: 9780824743000
Subjects: Physical chemistry; Surface active agents; Medical / Nursing; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Inorganic; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; General; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical
First sentence: Commercial interest in polyol surfactants derived from glucose exists for several reasons: (1) glucose is an inexpensive agriculture-based (and therefore renewable) raw material; (2) surfactants derived from glucose have a "green" environmental image (and are, in fact, readily degraded in the environment [1]), and (3) their polyfunctional (yet readily accessible) molecular structures offer the possibility of distinctive performance and properties relative to presently used surfactants [2].