Soaps and detergents are cleaning ingredients that are able to remove oil particles from surfaces because of their unique chemical properties. Soaps are created by the chemical reaction of a fatty acid with an alkali metal hydroxide. In a chemical...

Soap is a cleansing agent which, when dissolved in water, removes dirt from soiled surfaces. Made from animal fat and wood ashes, soap is one of the earliest chemical inventions and was first used as a salve or ointment. Many ancient cultures made and...

A material that reduces the interfacial tension of a liquid enabling it to be better able to ‘wet’ a surface. Surfactants are used in detergents to break down the surface tension of bio-films on surfaces to improve the action of the...

A compound that can reduce the surface tension of a liquid and that contains both water compatible (hydrophilic) and oil compatible (lipophilic)...

Surfactants, also known as tensides, are wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lower the interfacial tension between two...

Here is a look at the latest offerings from select surfactant suppliers. For more information on the products listed, please contact the company directly. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. Allentown, PA 18195-1501 (610) 481-6799, (800) 345-3148 Fax: (610) 481-4381 E-mail:...

Here is a list of new surfactants introduced by suppliers during the past 12 months. For more information about the ingredients listed here, contact the supplier directly. * Bio-Botanica Inc Hauppauge, NY Tel: (632) 231-7332 Website: www.bio-botanica.com Bio-Saponin...

An explosion and fire Monday at a chemical distribution facility northeast of Des Moines sent plumes of thick smoke into the sky and burned out of control for several hours after it ignited.Flames and clouds of black smoke soared above the Barton Solvents facility, and...