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Application of NMR for the determination of HLB values of nonionic surfactants
Author(s) -
BenEt G.,
Tatarsky D.
Publication year - 1972
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/bf02582488
Subject(s) - nonionic surfactant , chromatography , materials science , chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , pulmonary surfactant , biochemistry
Hydrophilic lipophilic balance (HLB) values for various commercial nonionic surfactants have been determined by means of high resolution NMR. The results are in good agreement with given HLB values. The method is rapid, nondestructive and requires only small samples.