Surfactants in Personal Care
By Eric Lomax, 2007
200 x 305 mm, 12" x 8"
Softbound with a clear cover, 212 pages
ISBN: 978-1870228-32-9
RRP £90.00
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Surfactants play a major part in most personal care applications. In many formulations, such as those for hair, shower, bath and oral hygiene products, their purpose is to clean. In other products, such as creams and lotions, surfactants provide the necessary emulsification. Usually surfactants confer additional properties to formulations, such as wetting and foaming.
Formulating with surfactants needs an understanding of how they react with each other and with other surfactant components. Apart from covering such requirements in detail, Eric Lomax has, in this profusely illustrated book, examined the properties required of various personal care formulations and considered the types of surfactant used.
A final section contains formulations and another an extensive glossary and index.