This book is intended for the industrial chemist, engineer, and marketer involved with surfactant applications and product development. It covers the fundamental surface chemical factors governing the use of surfactants and their basic properties through chapters discussing the background and current state-of-the-art applications as practiced in the US and Canada.
The most significant applications for surfactants are soil removal and emulsification, and these are areas that have produced the most new product developments. Other major applications are also addressed from enhanced oil recovery to fire fighting and from ore flotation to the strengthening of concrete.
Toxicology, environment, and the analysis of surfactants are included in separate chapters. These important topics relate to applications and to regulatory restraints that are important to the reader in pursuing research or product development activities. Appendices include charts summarizing the analysis of surfactants, their commercial synthesis, and the major suppliers.
