Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena Author:Milton J. Rosen The premier text on the properties and applications of surfactants--now fully revised and updated The past decade has seen significant developments in surfactant chemistry: the emergence of gemini surfactants, superwetting agents, and green surfactants. Coverage of their structure and applications makes this new Third Edition of Surfactants an... more »d Interfacial Phenomena, already the best available text on the subject, especially timely. Using a minimum of mathematics, this book clearly describes the properties and applications of surfactants. It explains the mechanisms by which these materials operate in interfacial processes such as foaming, wetting, emulsion formation, and detergency, and shows the correlations between a surfactant's chemical structure and its action. The new Third Edition features updates and revisions including:
Coverage of relevant new literature appearing after the Second Edition
An entire chapter on gemini surfactants
Guidelines for selection of surfactant pairs to optimize surfactant properties
A section on biodegradable surfactants in the context of renewable resources (green surfactants)
Estimations of marine organism toxicity and bioconcentration from the physicochemical properties of surfactants
Dynamic surface tension reduction
Synergy in wetting and superwetting by surfactant mixtures
Foaming of aqueous dispersions of finely divided solids
Demulsification by surfactants
Expanded tables of data not compiled in any other text
Additional problems at the end of each chapter
Written by Milton Rosen, a widely known expert in the field, Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena, Third Edition provides an easy-to-read, user-friendly resource for industrial chemists and a text for classroom use, and is an unparalleled tool for understanding and applying the latest information on surfactants.« less