Cationic Surfactants: Analytical and Biological Evaluation

by John Cross (Editor), Edward J. Singer (Editor)

Overview

This work focuses on the environmental availability and effects, toxicological properties and numerous applications of cationic surfactants, detaling the modern analytical processes by which this important class of compounds may be studied. It discusses the types of microorganisms that are susceptible or refractory to the actions of cationic agents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824791773
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/30/1994
Series:	Surfactant Science Series , #53
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

J. Edward Singer

John Cross

Table of Contents

Introduction to Cationic Surfactants. Part 1 Biological Evaluation: Biological Properties and Applications of Cationic Surfactants. Current Tools on the Toxicity of Cationic Surfactants. Environmental Aspects of Cationic Surfactants. Part 2 Analytical Evaluation. Volumetric Analysis of Cationic Surfactants. Potentiometry of Cationic Surfactants. Tensammetric Determination of Cationic Surfactants. Analysis of Low Concentrations of Cationic Surfactants in Laboratory Test Liquors and Environmental Samples. Mass Spectrometry of Cationic Surfactants. Chromatography of Cationic Surfactants. Molecular Spectroscopy of Cationic Surfactants.

Editorial Reviews

...an extremely valuable addition to the surfactant series...a well balanced book that is clearly written.

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

For chemists in environmental sciences and the detergent industry who have no previous knowledge about surfactants, outlines the environmental availability and effects, the toxicological properties, and the many applications of cationic surfactants. Also details the new analytic techniques used to study them. More a survey of the literature and methodology than a laboratory manual, though appropriate experimental procedures are described fully. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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