thesIt » properties http://lakm.us/thesit computer science research log in semi microbloging style Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:34:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 The properties and applications of surfa … http://lakm.us/thesit/90/the-properties-and-applications-of-surfa/ http://lakm.us/thesit/90/the-properties-and-applications-of-surfa/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:27:43 +0000 Arif http://xp-racy.lan/s2/?p=90 The properties and applications of surfactants are determined by the balance between the lyophilic (‘‘solvent-loving’’  and lyophobic (‘‘solvent-hating’’) portions of the molecules. (There are also water-loving hydrophilic, water-hating hydrophobic, fat-loving lipophilic, and fat-hating lipophobic).

For that reason, such characteristics as solubility, surface tension reducing capability, critical micelle concentration (cmc), detergency power, wetting control, and foaming capacity may make a given surfactant perform well in some applications and less well in others. The ‘‘univer-
sal’’ surfactant that meets all the varied needs of surfactant applications has yet to emerge from the industrial or academic laboratory.

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