Handbook of Detergents (Hardcover)

Detergents - technical and practical challenges; surfactants - classification; surface activity; surfactant solubility; anionic-cationic surfactant mixtures; polymer-surfactant interactions - their behaviour at solid-liquid interfaces; emulsions; microemulsions; equilibrium and dynamics of surfactant adsorption monolayers and thin liquid films; foam in consumer products; surfactant interactions with skin; models for studying surfactant interactions with the skin; properties of builders - nonphosphate builders; polymers in detergents; oxygen bleaches; hypochlorite bleach; applications of hypochlorite; detergent enzymes - a challenge!; perfumes in detergents; the use of colorants in soaps and detergents; disinfection and preservation in detergents; rheological modifiers for aqueous solutions.