Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I Natural Surface Active Agents
- Soap, the first man-made surface active agent
- Soap production process and raw materials
2.1) Oils, fats, and fatty acids
2.2) Alkali
3) Later soap developments
4) Naturally occurring surface active agents
4.1) Introduction
4.2) Saponins
4.3) Bile acids
4.4) Phospholipids
Part II The Advent of Synthetic Surface Active Agents
Introduction
5) Amphoteric surfactants
5.1) Introduction
5.2) Amphoteric surfactants production processes and raw materials
6) Anionic surfactants
6.1) Introduction
6.2) Sulphated oils and fatty acids
6.3) Sulphated alkyl esters
6.4) Sulphated glycerol esters
6.5) Sulphated amides
6.6) Sulphated olefins
6.7) Sulphated fatty alcohols (alkyl sulphates)
6.8) Sulphated alkyl, aryl and alkylaryl ethers
6.9) Fatty alcohols sulphation process and raw materials
6.10) Alkylaryl sulphonates
6.10.1) Alkyl naphthalene sulphonates
6.10.2) Naphthalene sulphonate-formaldehyde condensates
6.10.3) Alkyl benzene sulphonates
6.10.4) Alkyl diphenyl oxide (di) sulfonates
6.11) Alkyl (paraffin) sulphonates
6.12) Olefin sulphonateló)