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Polymer/surfactant interaction—Its relevance to detergent systems
Author(s) -
Goddard E. D.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02541467
Subject(s) - pulmonary surfactant , surface tension , polymer , rheology , solubility , polymer science , relevance (law) , chemical engineering , solid surface , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , thermodynamics , chemical physics , physics , engineering , political science , law
The field of polymer/surfactant interaction is reviewed in this work. Results from two investigative methods, viz. , dialysis and surface tension, are discussed, illustrating the main behavioral patterns and outlining the principles of the interactions. Next, aspects of the interaction phenomena that appear to have relevance to detergent formulation are presented. These include solution rheology, solubility control and surface conditioning. Lastly, the importance of surface activity of the polymer itself is stressed, culminating in a discussion of the properties of hydrophobically modified water‐soluble polymers (“polymeric surfactants”), both alone and in the presence of conventional surfactants.