Polyteknisk Boghandel

This edited volume aims to bring together the current status of the research and applications of 'green' surfactant chemistry. It will provide an overview to the desired properties in different fields and When applicable the following points will be covered in respective chapters: (i) Market issues (current size, potential size, degradability, toxicity, life-cycle); (ii) Production technology (in general terms); (iii) Typical surface chemical properties; and (iv) Application areas (related to market figures if possible)Provisional Contents: 1) Introduction ; 2) Renewable hydrophobes ; 3 ) Renewable hydrophiles ; 4) New ways of making renewable building blocks ; 5) Enzymatically produced surfactants; 6) Biosurfactants extracted from nature ; 7) Polymeric surfactants/Surface active polymers ; 8 ) Competition between different users of oleochemical raw material