Surfactants from renewable resources

• Other Authors: Kjellin, Mikael., Johansson, Ingegärd.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, U.K. : Wiley, 2010.
• Series: Wiley series in renewable resources
• Subjects: povrchově aktivní látky; zelená chemie; environmentální chemie; surfactants; green chemistry; environmental chemistry; elektronické knihy; sborníky; electronic books; papers of several authors
• ISBN: 9780470686607; 9780470686614; 9781613441862; 9781282491502; 9786612491504; 9780470760413
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj : ilustrace

"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 rout...