Surfactants based on fatty acids and other natural hydrophobes

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 178-188

  Johansson, Ingegärd ^a   Svensson, Martin ^b  

^a Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB   (Sweden)

^b Box 30192 S 104 25 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alfa sulfo methyl ester; Ethoxylated methyl esters; Fatty acid derivatives; Langmuir layers; SNAP

Indexed keywords

ESTER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035014206     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(01)00076-0     Document Type: Review

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