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Surfactant book
Have any of you discovered this?
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Thank you!
Here is another: http://nanoparticles.org/pdf/Salager-E300A.pdf -
Thanks for sharing!
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From the book:
“It is interesting to note that where surfactant theory is really important (billions of
dollars at stake) the world-wide community uses HLD theory. Where the theory
is not so important (e.g. in the cosmetics industry where many formulations are
copies of other formulations) the world-wide community uses ideas long-since
shown to be erroneous.” -
“As we saw in the phase diagram chapter, it is
possible for a modestly viscous surfactant solution to be diluted with water to a
hoped-for low viscosity solution but then get trapped in some hexagonal or cubic
phase where it sits around in big globules that annoy either the production line
or, even worse, the customer.”- This is EXACTLY what happened to one of my designs. I ended up with a bowling ball made of surfactant and water! -
I was playing around with one of our simpler products, a hand soap based on ammonium rather than sodium, and tried substituting Dehyton AB30 for the usual CAPB. The thickening is a lot more but on trying to add water I realised it was about to go into the hex phase and set solid. So if you want to try exploring that oddity, it appears AB30 is a good one to use.
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Interesting! Belassi and thanks
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Thank you all for sharing.
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