Measuring detergency of oily soils in the vicinity of phase inversion temperatures of commercial nonionic surfactants using an oil-soluble dye

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-226

  Goel, Satish K ^a  

^a Hindustan Lever Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Anionic; Detergency; Dye tracer; Electrolyte; Ethoxylate; Nonionic; ODT; PIT; Reflectometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006102106     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-998-0023-5     Document Type: Article

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