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Surfactants from Renewable Resources
Mikael Kjellin
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Description for Surfactants from Renewable Resources
Hardcover. Surfacants from Renewable Resources is a comprehensive text that meets scientists' demand for information on new biodegradable surfacants with safer properties for modern industrial formulations. This edited volume explores the current status of the research and applications of "green" surfactant chemistry. Editor(s): Kjellin, Mikael; Johansson, Ingegard. Series: Wiley Series in Renewable Resource. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TDCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 718.
Most modern surfactants are readily biodegradable and exhibit low toxicity in the aquatic environment, the two criteria for green surfactants. However the majority are synthesised from petroleum, so over the past decade the detergent industry has turned its attention to developing greener routes to create these surfactants via renewable building blocks.
Most modern surfactants are readily biodegradable and exhibit low toxicity in the aquatic environment, the two criteria for green surfactants. However the majority are synthesised from petroleum, so over the past decade the detergent industry has turned its attention to developing greener routes to create these surfactants via renewable building blocks.
Surfactants from Renewable Resources presents the latest research and commercial applications in the emerging field of sustainable surfactant chemistry, with emphasis on production technology, surface chemical properties, biodegradability, ecotoxicity, market trends, economic viability and life-cycle analysis.
Reviewing traditional sources for renewable surfactants as well as recent advances, this ... Read more
Topics covered include:
- Renewable hydrophobes from natural fatty acids and forest industry by-products
- Renewable hydrophiles from carbohydrates, amino acids and lactic acid
- New ways of making renewable building blocks; ethylene from renewable resources and complex mixtures from waste biomass
- Biosurfactants
- Surface active polymers
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Series in Renewable Resource
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470760413
SKU
V9780470760413
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99-50
About Mikael Kjellin
Dr Mikael Kjellin is based at the Institute for Surface Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden, which works with many industrial branches including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, biotech, food, industrial chemicals, household products, engineering and materials industries, pulp and paper, coatings, adhesives, paints, and printing. In addition, Dr Kjellin is the coordinator of the research centre SNAP, which aims to build from an ... Read more
Reviews for Surfactants from Renewable Resources
"The book is highly concentrated on technical aspects with big expertise in the different production technologies, it aims to be used as a chemical and technical reference for industrial and academic researchers in this field." (Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology, 30 August 2011)