KIM 538 - Industrial Applications of Surfactants

Course Objectives

1. To instruct important properties and chemical structures of surfactants
2. Understand the importance of the reactions during industrial processing
3. Think critically for the effect of each surfactant on industrial producs quality

Course Description

Introduction, organic and physical chemistry of surface active compounds, carboxylates, sulphonates, sulphonates and phosphates, non-ionics surfactants, cationics and amphoterics surfactants, micellar solvating, welting and foaming, cleaning of clothes, cleaning of dishes and cosmetically cleaning, emulsion-emulsion polymerization, biological decompositon.