Industrial Applications of Surfactants IV

D R Karsa

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 1999
• Print ISBN:
  9781855738249
• eBook ISBN:
  9781845698614
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Industrial Applications of Surfactants IV
• Copyright Page
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1. Overview: A Decade of Change in the Surfactant Industry
• Chapter 2. Surfactants and the Environment - An Overview
• Chapter 3. The Surface Active Agents Market: Where Is It Going?
• 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 Surf'actants in the Textile Industry
• Subject Index