Chemical formulation an overview of surfactant-based preparations used in everyday life

• Main Author: Hargreaves, Tony
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003.
• Series: RSC paperbacks.
• Subjects: Surface active agents.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781847550385; 9781628703573; 9780854046355
• Physical Description: 1 online zdroj (xiv, 180 p.) : ill.

Chemical formulation can be traced back to Stone Age times, when hunter-gatherers attached flint arrowheads to shafts using a resin made from birch bark and beeswax. Today, formulated preparations are part of everyday life. Formulations based on surfactants are by far the most prolific, from shampoo...