Aqueous Phase Behavior Surfactants

Surfactants play an important role in many human endeavors, ranging from consumer products (cosmetics, foods, and powdered soaps) to many aspects of biology and pharmaceuticals. This book presents researchers with the basic principles governing phase behavior of surfactants, the relationship between phase behavior and molecular structure, and the various ways in which this information can be applied. Coverage includes qualitative concepts and relationships between phase science and thermodynamics, as well as how this information can be used to describe surfactant systems.

Key Features* Presents researchers with the basic principles governing phase behavior of surfactants, the relationship between phase behavior and molecular structure, and the various ways in which this information can be applied* Includes more than 90 phase diagrams* Uses reaction equations to describe phase transformations* The hardcover version, published in 1994, has sold 859 copies to date

Robert G. Laughlin received his BS from Purdue, his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1955, and a Postdoctoral Appointment at Yale in 1956. Currently, Laughlin is a Research Fellow with the Corporate Research Division of the Procter & Gamble Company. He has thirty-five years of basic industrial research on surfactants and their phas science and its utilization towards the development of surfactant-based technologies. Hehas written five previous books in the field.