Detergents and the Environment / Edition 1

by Milan Johann Schwuger

Overview

Offers coverage of the environmental behaviour of detergent additives, focusing on physiochemical interactions with soil and sediments. This text presents the current state of knowledge on recently introduced detergent additives, including zeolites, polycarboxylate compounds, ethylene dinitrilotetraacetic acid (EDTA), and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824793968
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/12/1996
Series:	Surfactant Science , #65
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Surfactants: loading surface waters with surfactants; physicochemical interactions of surfactants and contaminants in soil; analytical methods for surfactants and complexing agents at concentrations relevant to environmental occurrences. Zeolites: zeolites in the environment. Polycarboxylates: significance of polycarboxylates in detergents; trace analysis of polycarboxylates in water; interactions of polycarboxylate (PCA) with major inorganic soil components; biological and physicochemical aspects of polycarboxylate behaviour in the environment. Complexing acids: nitrilotriacetic acids: physicochemical and ecological properties; physicochemical properties of ethylene dinitrilotetraacetic acid and its consequences of its distribution in the aquatic environment.

Editorial Reviews

Covers the environmental behavior of detergent additives, concentrating on physiochemical interactions with soil and sediments, and presents current findings on surfactants and on recently introduced detergent additives including zeolites, polycarboxylate compounds, EDTA, and NTA. Discusses the influence of trace quantities of detergents on other pollutants, addresses synergetic and antagonistic interactions with different soil contaminants, and reviews advances in analytical methods. For chemists and biochemists; surfactant and environmental scientists; toxicologists; and R&D personnel in the detergent, petroleum, and cosmetic industries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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