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Zusatztext "The book is rich with highly relevant figures! graphs! and tables! and its relevance is enhanced by the detail that it goes into when assessing easily recognizable off the shelf products. The strength of this book lies in the way that it is clearly set out into the appropriate sections! and it may be easily used to obtain either a cursory or detailed knowledge of each type of detergent as required. Whether student or professional! it is very easy to find the part that you want and access the relevant information?an outstanding resource for students or professionals at any level who are working with liquid detergents." -Mark Imisides! Physical Sciences Educational Reviews! Vol. 7! No. 1 "The book will be a useful reference volume for workers in this area: it gives some frame formulations but is particularly useful in covering the theory behind the use of the various components in liquid detergents."-Richard Farn! Chemistry & Industry! October 2006 Informationen zum Autor Kuo-Yann Lai Klappentext Recent advances in the field of detergents have made this update of the bestselling Liquid Detergents necessary. This edition remains the most comprehensive guide to liquid detergents! covering all fundamental theories! practical applications! formulation technologies and manufacturing aspects. The book comprises contributions from 22 international experts from industry and academia! includes over 1800 up-to-date references! and contains 300 figures and tables. It features more than 30% new material and updates in each chapter. Zusammenfassung A guide to the fundamental theories, practical applications, formulation technologies and manufacturing aspects of liquid detergents. It embraces advances in the products and technologies of liquid detergents and includes 1800 references, and 300 figures and tables. Inhaltsverzeichnis Liquid Detergents: An Overview; Arno Cahn and Kuo-Yann Lai Hydrotropy; Stig E. Friberg and Irena Blute Phase Equilibria; Guy Broze Rheology of Liquid Detergents; R. S. Rounds Rheology Modifiers and Thickeners for Liquid Detergents; Paul Reeve! Tom Tepe! and Jan Shulman Nonaqueous Surfactant Systems; Marie Sjöberg and Torbjörn Wärnheim Light-Duty Liquid Detergents; Joan Gambogi! Evangelia S. Arvanitidou! and Kuo-Yann Lai Heavy-Duty Liquid Detergents; Amit Sachdev! Santhan Krishnan! and Jan Shulman Liquid Automatic Dishwasher Detergents; Len Zyzyck! Philip A. Gorlin! Nagaraj Dixit! and Kuo-Yann Lai Shampoos and Conditioners; Jiashi J. Tarng and Charles ReichLiquid Hand Soap and Body Wash; Subhash Harmalker and Kuo-Yann Lai Fabric Softeners; André Crutzen Specialty Liquid Household Surface Cleaners; Karen WisniewskiThe Manufacture of Liquid Detergents; R.S. Rounds Index ...