Assertion: detergent's surfactant | /r/CapableOf | enable cleaning solutions
Facets:
value: to wet a surface
type: PURPOSE
value: to penetrate contaminants
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: detergency - surface active agents, or surfactants, reduce the interfacial tension between solution and contaminant, enabling cleaning solutions to better penetrate and displace contaminants from the metal surface;
text: By lowering the surface tension of water, surfactants enable the cleaning solution to wet a surface (for example, clothes, dishes, countertops) more quickly, so soil can be readily loosened and removed (usually with the aid of mechanical action).