Anionic surfactants : organic chemistry

Author:Helmut Stache

Summary:"This up-to-date reference presents a comprehensive survey of important anionic surfactants - delineating the latest manufacturing technologies, current methods of analysis, practical applications, environmental behavior, and the physicochemical and toxicological properties of surfactants and their related by-products." "Written by more than 20 internationally renowned experts in their respective fields, Anionic Surfactants encompasses the use of anionic surfactants in the cleaning, cosmetic, textile, leather, food, petroleum, metalworking, and paper industries...describes modern SO[subscript 3] sulfonation processes...discusses new raw material feed-stocks...considers ecological problems associated with surfactants such as biodegradation and human and aquatic toxicity...details biological materials that could be used in the manufacture of future surface-active agents...investigates the composition, performance, and formulation properties of anionics...provides an overview of lime soap dispersing agents...and more." "Containing over 1975 literature citations and more than 675 useful tables, equations, and drawings, Anionic Surfactants is an incomparable resource for physical, surface, colloid, organic, and medicinal chemists; environmental scientists; biochemists; research and development personnel in the detergent, petroleum, and cosmetic industries; toxicologists; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines."--BOOK JACKET