Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena

Milton J. Rosen, Joy T. Kunjappu

John Wiley & Sons, Jan 20, 2012 - Technology & Engineering - 616 pages

Now in its fourth edition, Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena explains why and how surfactants operate in interfacial processes (such as foaming, wetting, emulsion formation and detergency), and shows the correlations between a surfactant's chemical structure and its action.

Updated and revised to include more modern information, along with additional three chapters on Surfactants in Biology and Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Surfactants, and Molecular Modeling with Surfactant Systems, this is the premier text on the properties and applications of surfactants.

This book provides an easy-to-read, user-friendly resource for industrial chemists and a text for classroom use, and is an unparalleled tool for understanding and applying the latest information on surfactants. Problems are included at the end of each chapter to enhance the reader’s understanding, along with many tables of data that are not compiled elsewhere. Only the minimum mathematics is used in the explanation of topics to make it easy-to-understand and very user friendly.

Contents

• References: 36
• Micelle Formation by Surfactants: 123
• Micellar Aggregation Numbers: 131
• IV: 140
• Equations for the CMC Based on Theoretical: 180
• Mixed Micelle Formation in Mixtures of: 191
• Problems: 200
• Reduction of Surface and Interfacial tension by Surfactants: 238
• Wetting and Its Modification by Surfactants: 272
• References: 303
• Foaming and Antifoaming by Aqueous Solutions of Surfactants: 308
• V: 317
• Foaming of Aqueous Dispersions of Finely Divided Solids: 330
• emulsification by Surfactants: 336
• Nanoemulsions: 354
• Dispersion and Aggregation of Solids in Liquid Media: 368
• The Relation of Surfactant Chemical Structure: 382
• References: 388
• nanodetergents see Chapter 14 section IIIF: 416
• II: 422
• Conditions for the existence of synergism: 440
• selection of surfactant Pairs for optimal Interfacial: 447
• Gemini Surfactants: 458
• Surfactants in Biology: 471
• Surfactants in nanotechnology: 502
• Surfactants and Molecular Modeling: 531
• Summary of Representative Modeling Studies: 550
• General References: 568
• Index: 576
• 392: 582
• 502: 592
• 272: 600

About the author

Milton J. Rosen, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Chemistry at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. He is also the Director (ret.) of the university's Surfactant Research Institute, a pioneering organization that he founded in 1987.

Joy T. Kunjappu, PhD, DSc, is a chemistry educator, consultant, and former Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and Brooklyn College. His areas of research interest include surfactant and surface science, organic chemistry, and photochemistry.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena
• Authors: Milton J. Rosen, Joy T. Kunjappu
• Edition: 4
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• ISBN: 1118229029, 9781118229026
• Length: 616 pages
• Subjects: Science / Chemistry / General; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Technology & Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical