An investigation of adsorption at the air-water and soil-water interfaces for non-micellizing ethylene oxide-propylene oxide surfactants

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1399-1405

  Paterson, Iain F ^a   Chowdhry, Babur Z ^a   Leharne, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE; PROPYLENE OXIDE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ARTICLE; MICELLE; MOLECULAR SIZE; SOIL; SURFACE TENSION;

ADSORPTION; MICELLES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENES; POLYPROPYLENES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0034064004     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00280-5     Document Type: Article

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