DEStech Publications, Inc DEStech Surfactant Science: Principles and Practice Book

Surfactant Science: Principles and Practice by DEStech Publications, Inc. provides an advanced technical resource for characterizing and formulating surfactants. This book serves as both a presentation and an extension of surfactant science, moving beyond standard guidelines like hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB), critical micelle concentration (CMC), Bancrofts rule, and Griffin numbers. Instead of traditional methods, the text focuses on surfactant phenomena as a dynamic system. It provides detailed analysis of parameters including hydrophilic-lipophilic difference (HLD), which extends Sallagers SAD, as well as curves of surface tension related to concentration, surface excess, partition coefficients, and area per surfactant molecule. This resource is designed for higher education and professional engineering and technology applications.