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Surface activity

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Surfactant Systems

Abstract

A surface-active agent is, as the name implies, a compound which will adsorb at an air-water or oil-water interface and at the surface of solids. The structural features of these molecules which are responsible for surface activity are examined in this chapter and some of the factors which influence the extent of adsorption are considered. A study of the adsorption process is of fundamental importance in an understanding of the properties of surface-active compounds since, as we will discuss in later chapters, it is the change in interfacial free energy and surface charge resulting from adsorption which leads to the ability of these compounds to act as emulsifying and suspending agents. A survey of the wide variety of surfactants which are used in pharmaceutical systems is included in the chapter, together with a brief indication of the many and diverse uses of this versatile group of compounds.

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Attwood, D., Florence, A.T. (1983). Surface activity. In: Surfactant Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5775-6_1

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