Theory and practical application aspects of surfactants

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The second part of the chapter deals with the effects that are achieved when using surfactants to increase the standard of living of an individual - body care, enhancement of the action of pharmaceuticals, improvement of food quality (natural surfactants). Examples of the stability control of foams and emulsions using surfactant formulations as well as of the flow properties control of finished preparations are given. 

Versatility and application range of surfactants is due to their unique structure which distinguishes these substances in the big world of organic products. In general, the surfactant molecule is presented as a match or a tadpole — a rather long tail is connected to a big head . However, such geometrical asymmetry reflects only to a very little degree the special features of the structure of surfactant molecules. In fact, the mean diameter of the head of 

The physicochemical basis of surfactant applications are based on a number of rules which are well described in detail many times in the literature, for example in Moscow University publication [9]. 

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