DETERGENCY OF THE 12 TO 18 CARBON SATURATED FATTY ACIDS
Abstract
Systems of one surfactant (two anionic and three nonionic types were studied) with an homologous family of soils (the 12, 14, 16 and 18 carbon saturated fatty acids) were explored to determine the relationship of the detergencies of such systems to the physico-chemical nature (HLB, hydrophile- lipophile balance) of the soils. A series of systems of ethylene oxide homologs of nonyl phenol with the same soils was also investigated. Neither surfactant HLB nor absorptive energy of the surfactant polar group, alone, is responsible for the detergency of the 12 to 18 carbon fatty acids. It is suggested that in such systems the chief action is van der Waals adsorption between hydr oxide mole ratio adducts of tridecyl alcohol are poor detergents of the saturated fatty acids.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 14, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0283496
Entities
People
- A. Mankowich