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surfactant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | surface-active agent, wetter, wetting agent |
| Type of | chemical agent |
| Has types | detergent, emulsifier |
Examples of surfactant
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In these premature babies, the immature lungs do not produce natural surfactant.
From the sciencedaily.com
Rough-surfaced mints without the surfactant did not create such large fountains.
From the newscientist.com
Waterbury J., Ostroumov S.A. Effect of nonionogenic surfactant on cyanobacteria.
From the sergostroumov.scienceblog.com
This causes the oil and surfactant near the outer edges of the drop to circulate.
From the sciencedaily.com
Hence, the surfactant concentration in our droplets was about 25 times the CMC.
From the nature.com
Each silica particle was coated with a surfactant, making its surface hydrophobic.
From the newscientist.com
Surfactant proteins are lipoproteins that allow the lungs to stretch and function.
From the sciencedaily.com
The first publication to report phytotoxicity of a synthetic polymeric surfactant.
From the sergostroumov.scienceblog.com
But the hexadecanol and tyloxapol have no relation to natural lung surfactant.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Wetting agent: a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
- Surfactants are compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lowering of the interfacial tension between two liquids, or between a liquid and a solid. Surfactants may act as: detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, and dispersants.
- (Surfactants) Contracted from surface-active agents, these are additives which reduce surface tension and thereby improve wetting (wetting agents), help disperse pigments, inhibit foam, or emulsify. ...
- (Surfactants) Active agent which allows oil to mix with water.
- (surfactants) Surface active agents. Organic compounds consisting of two parts: a water-attracting (hydrophilic) portion and a water-resistant (hydrophobic) portion. Detergents may contain more than one kind of surfactant. ...
- (Surfactants) Compounds used in blended draught beer line cleaners that lower surface tension to enhance surface wetting, break the bond between deposits and the tubing surface and suspend soils in cleaning solution so they can be removed.
- (Surfactants) These ingredients help to reduce surface tension between skin and the skin care product that you apply and enable it to spread better.
- (Surfactants) Chemical compounds, such as those found in detergents, that break down grease and other kinds of dirt. They are toxic to aquatic life in high concentrations.
- (Surfactants) Chemical that stabilizes mixtures of oil and water, i.e. keeps them from seperating. Often used in cosmetics, detergents, and conditioning agents. Non-hazardous waste.
