Surface Active Agents

Surfactants Europa 3rd Edition provides easy access to current product information on surface active agents (surfactants) manufactured and sold in Europe. It contains valuable data on approximately 9,000 trade names from more than 80 suppliers, including chemical description and composition, general property, application and manufacturer information. The directory contains company and trade name indexes with page references, and provides a very useful listing of companies, with full contact details, including European divisions and agents. The products listed in the directory find applications in a wide variety of branches of the chemical manufacturing industry including detergent and cleaning products, agrochemicals, construction, cosmetics, food, oil, paint, paper, pharmaceuticals, plastics and textiles. The directory is edited by Dr Gordon Hollis, an established consultant in the surfactants field and author of four respected surfactants directories. Surfactants Europa 3rd Edition will be an essential reference directory for research and development personnel and laboratory staff in general. It will also be useful for technical departments and purchasing/sales departments, not only in the detergent industry but in many industries where surfactants are used.

The production and use of surface active agents have seen various evolutions over time, yet rarely, if ever, has this information been collated in one place. Covering all surfactant classes in a clear and concise style, from their properties and applications to an overview of the evolution of their production processes, this book is a comprehensive overview of the field. It is both a record of important documents and intellectual property as well as a springboard for possible future developments. Key features: Covers both man-made and natural surfactants Includes abundant references to production processes and developments of intellectual property Provides a complete background to the field of surface active agents today From producers and formulators of surface active agents to professors and students of raw materials, this book is appropriate for both academic courses and industry professionals.

This book illustrates the importance and significance of the biosurfactants obtained from microorganisms, preferably from bacteria and yeast. It explains the superiority of biosurfactants (green molecule) over chemically synthesized surfactants for the sustainable future. The content of the present book addresses the quest for novel biosurfactants producing strains, high throughput screening methods, and production strategies. It finely describes the aptness of biosurfactants for industrial and environmental applications. It elaborately describes the technical background and cutting-edge advancement of the commercial aspect of biosurfactants. In the later part of the book, the role of green biosurfactants in food processing, control of food spoilage, incorporation in personal health care products, environmental and agricultural remediation are discussed. Finally, the book elucidates a comprehensive and representative description of toxicity assessment of the biosurfactants, which highlights the risk assessment of the incorporation of the microbial biosurfactants in food, healthcare, and pharmaceutical formulations.

Colloidal Surfactants: Some Physicochemical Properties focuses on the study of surface active agents. This book elaborates the importance of surface active agents in detergency, textile industry, and biological research. The four distinctive features of the substance—moderate maximum concentration of molecularly dispersed species; surface and interfacial depression in very dilute solution; micelle formation above a certain concentration; and solubilization of water-insoluble substances by micelles, are also described. Other topics include the effect of molecular type on the critical micelle concentration, critical micelle concentration, interaction of paraffin chain electrolytes with colloids, and monolayer studies of surface active agents. This publication is suitable for chemists and specialists researching on colloidal surfactants.