Industrial Applications of Surfactants IV

D R Karsa (Edited by)

9781855738249, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 1 January 1999

286 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.2 cm, 0.69 kg

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.

Overview: A decade of change in the surfactant industry
Surfactants and the environment - An overview
The surface active agents market: Where is it going? Hydrotropes and their applications
The use of amphoteric surfactants to utilise imidazolines in industrial detergents
Application of sucrose fatty acid esters as food emulsifiers
Use of mixtures of alkyl alkoxylates and alkyl glucosides in strong electrolytes and highly alkaline systems
A new surfactant made from kelp seaweed
Starch-derived products in detergents
The properties and industrial applications of n-acyl ED3A chelating surfactants
Gemini surfactants
Nonionic surfactants: Achieving the balance between performance and environmental properties
HLB: Is it a valuable concept or a curiosity? Surfactants derived from secondary alcohols
Sulphobetaines and ethersulphonates: Unique surfactants via sulphopropylation reactions
Alkyl phosphates as cosmetic emulsifiers: A contribution to non-ethoxylated emulsifiers
The application of surfactants in preventing gas hydrate formation
Influence of a silicone surfactant structure on the burning behaviour of polyurethane foam
Application of surfactants in the textile industry.

Subject Areas: Biochemical engineering [TC]