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Textile materials VEVETON Surfactant
Nonionic Surfactant
SURFACTANT
The term is derived from SURFace ACTive AgeNT. A surfactant is a compound that contains a Hydrophilic and a Hydrophobic segment. When added to water or solvents, a surfactant reduces the surface tension of the system for of the following purposes: wetting, emulsifying, dispersing, foaming, scouring or lubricity. The surface tension of water may be demonstrated by “overfilling” a glass with water by adding drops of water to an already full glass. The addition of a small amount of surfactant makes this effect impossible.
ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES AND ALKYL PHENOL ETHOXYLATES.
Dalton produce In various EO/hydrophobe ratios to provide a range of detergent and emulsification properties. The lower EO range products are suited for oily soil removal. The higher E.O products are better for wetting and suspending of solid particles. Products with 7-12 moles EO are suited for liquid and powdered heavy duty detergents. They are low foaming and work well in hard water at low temperatures. Although there are seven major types of non-ionic surfactants, these two types represent the majority of the market.
LINEAR ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES.
These surfactants are ethoxylated straight chain alcohols which may be derived from coco or palm based oils as well as synthetic Zeigler and oxo-alcohols.
C10-alcohol polyalkylene glycol ethers
C13-oxo alcohol+EO
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