Environmental considerations are increasingly shaping the development of many industries. This is an overview of surfactants and the environment. It goes on to look at new surfactants derived from renewable, "natural" resources such as sucrose, seaweed and starch. Other chapters review a decade of change in the surfactant industry and assess future market trends. Some of the developments in surfactant technology are presented, including "gemini" twin-chained surfactants, sulfobetaines, alkyl phosphates and the use of alkyl alkoxylates and alkyl glucosides in highly alkaline solutions. The volume takes a practical approach throughout.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Overview: A Decade of Change in the Surfactant Industry
Chapter 2 : Surfactants in the Environment - An Overview
Chapter 3 : The Surface Active Agents Market: Where Is It Moving?
Chapter 4 : Hydrotropes and Their Applications
Chapter 5 : The Use of Amphoteric Surfactants to Utilise Imidazolines in Industrial Detergents
Chapter 6 : Application of Sucrose Fatty Acid Esters as Food Emulsifiers
Chapter 7 : Use of Mixtures of Alkyl Alkoxylates and Alkyl Glucosides in Strong Electrolytes and Highly Alkaline Systems
Chapter 8 : A New Surfactant Made from Kelp Seaweed
Chapter 9 : Starch-Derived Products in Detergents
Chapter 10 : The Properties and Industrial Applications of N-Acyl ED3A Chelating Surfactants
Chapter 11 : Gemini Surfactants
Chapter 12 : Nonionic Surfactants: Achieving the Balance between Performance and Environmental Properties
Chapter 13 : HLB, Is It a Valuable Concept or a Curiosity?
Chapter 14 : Surfactants Derived from Secondary Alcohols
Chapter 15 : Sulphobetaines and Ethersulphonates: Unique Surfactants via Sulphopropylation Reactions
Chapter 16 : Alkyl Phosphates as Cosmetic Emulsifiers: A Contribution to Non-ethoxylated Emulsifiers
Chapter 17 : The Application of Surfactants in Preventing Gas Hydrate Formation
Chapter 18 : Influence of a Silicone Surfactant Structure on the Burning Behaviour of Polyurethane Foam
Chapter 19 : Application of Surfactants in the Textile Industry
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