Surfactants

Classification Of Surfactants

It is generally believed that it is more appropriate to classify surfactant types and examples according to their chemical structure. That is, when surfactants are dissolved in water, they are divided into 2 classifications of surfactants, which are ionic surfactants and nonionic surfactants, according to whether ions are generated and their electrical properties. According to the dissociation properties of polar groups, it can be divided into 4 types of surfactants: anionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant and non-ionic surfactant. If you want to know more about various types of surfactants with examples, feel free to contact us.

Surfactants Uses

Surfactants have become a kind of flexible and versatile fine chemical product because of their physical and chemical functions and corresponding practical applications, such as wetting or anti-sticking, emulsification or demulsification, foaming or defoaming, solubilization, dispersion, washing, anti-corrosion and anti-static. For various surfactant uses, we can see many surfactant examples in daily life. Here, we will list some examples of surfactants in everyday life.

Surfactants used in cosmetics have rich foaming, good emulsification, moderate cleaning power and unique skin affinity. They can meet the requirements of hair cleaners. They are used in many facial cleansers, shower gels, and infant washing products.

The surfactants used in detergents are the main component. It has a series of physical and chemical interactions with dirt and between dirt and solid surface (such as wetting, penetration, emulsification, solubilization, dispersion, foaming, etc.) and obtains the washing effect with the help of mechanical stirring.

Surfactants are also widely used in the pharmaceutical industry. We can give several examples of surfactants used in pharmaceuticals: in pharmaceuticals, many insoluble drugs such as volatile oil-soluble cellulose and steroids can form transparent solutions and increase the concentration by using the solubilization of surfactants; In the preparation process, surfactants can be used as an indispensable emulsifier, wetting agent, suspending agent, foaming agent and defoamer.