Formulation of oil-in-water emulsions for pesticide applications: impact of surfactant type and concentration on physical stability

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2018, Pages 21742-21751

  Feng, Jianguo ^a   Chen, Qicheng ^a   Wu, Xuemin ^b   Jafari, Seid Mahdi ^c   McClements, David Julian ^d  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

HLB value; Pesticide emulsions; Physical stability; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMULSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SURFACTANT;

CASTOR OIL; CYHALOTHRIN; NITRILE; PESTICIDE; PYRETHROID; RICINOMACROGOL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION;

CASTOR OIL; EMULSIONS; NITRILES; PESTICIDES; PYRETHRINS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

EID: 85050718441     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-2183-z     Document Type: Article

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