Methyl ester ethoxylates

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 847-859

  Cox, Michael F ^a   Weerasooriya, Upali ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Detergency; Ethoxylated methyl esters; Fatty methyl ester ethoxylate; Foaming; Hard surface cleaning; Methyl ester ethoxylates; Performance; Physical properties

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTERIFICATION; FOAMS; HEALTH RISKS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE CLEANING;

DETERGENCY; ETHOXYLATED METHYL ESTERS; ETHOXYLATION; FOAMING; METHYL ESTER ETHOXYLATES;

ESTERS;

EID: 0031189826     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-997-0228-4     Document Type: Article

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