The worldwide consumption of surfactants now exceeds several
million tonnes per annum. Six ofthe major types represent
approximately 80% of the volume consumed, whereas the remaining 20%
is made up of approximately 40 different chemical types.
Commercially produced surface active agents are not pure chemicals,
and within each chemical type there can be tremendous variation.
Technical staff who are not familiar with surfactants are
frequently bewildered by the enormous variety of different products
on the market and the vast body of literature which exists on the
composition and properties of surfactants. The selection of the
best surfactant for any given use therefore becomes a major
problem. This volume arose from the clear need to have available a
simple reference book summarising the different types of
surfactants on the market and their properties. The concept and
structure ofthe book evolved from early attempts to define chemical
structure/property relationships of all the different types of
surfactants commercially available, into a simple handbook
providing essential background information for the surfactant user.
It is realised that most users will be developing their own data
bank of structure/end use property relationships and they will
therefore be the experts on end use.
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