Tuning the polydispersity of alcohol ethoxylates for enhanced oily soil removal

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 539-545

  Goe, Satish K ^a  

^a Hindustan Lever Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Detergency; Dye tracer; Ethoxylate; Nonionic; PDI; PIT; Polydispersity index; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002472847     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-998-0056-9     Document Type: Article

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