Industrial Applications of Surfactants IV

Overview: A decade of change in the surfactant industry; Surfactants and the environment - An overview; The surface active agents market: Where is it going? Hydrotropes and their applications; The use of amphoteric surfactants to utilise imidazolines in industrial detergents; Application of sucrose fatty acid esters as food emulsifiers; Use of mixtures of alkyl alkoxylates and alkyl glucosides in strong electrolytes and highly alkaline systems; A new surfactant made from kelp seaweed; Starch-derived products in detergents; The properties and industrial applications of n-acyl ED3A chelating surfactants; Gemini surfactants; Nonionic surfactants: Achieving the balance between performance and environmental properties; HLB: Is it a valuable concept or a curiosity? Surfactants derived from secondary alcohols; Sulphobetaines and ethersulphonates: Unique surfactants via sulphopropylation reactions; Alkyl phosphates as cosmetic emulsifiers: A contribution to non-ethoxylated emulsifiers; The application of surfactants in preventing gas hydrate formation; Influence of a silicone surfactant structure on the burning behaviour of polyurethane foam; Application of surfactants in the textile industry.