Look up: Surfactant

1. Surfactant
   From SURFace ACTive AgeNT. A substance which prefers to exist at the boundary between two other substances - for example, detergents have one end highly soluble in greasy, non-polar susbtances and one end soluble in water. Sodium dodecyl sulfate is a common surfactant. See also emulsifier.
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2. Surfactant
   A detergent compound that promotes lathering.
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3. Surfactant
   Abbreviated form of 'surface-active agent', a material (eg. wetting agent, emulsifier spreader) affecting surface tension by reducing inter-facial tension. Used to enhance surface retention and penetration of pesticides. There are three classes of surfactants, cationic, anionic and non-ionic and compounds belonging to the last two groups are most commonly used as herbicide adjuvants.
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4. surfactant
   a soluble compound that concentrates on the surface boundary between two substances such as oil and water and reduces the surface tension between the substances. The use of surfactants permits the thorough surface contact or mixing of substances that ordinarily remain separate. Surfactants are used in the petroleum industry as additives to drilling mud and to water during chemical flooding. See micellar-polymer flooding; surfactant mud
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5. Surfactant
   A material that spreads along a surface, changing the properties of the surface.An example is soap.Soap spreads over a water surface and lowers its surface tension.
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6. Surfactant
   A surface-active agent; one that accumulates at the interface between two liquids and modifies their surface properties. An example would include the sterate ion.
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7. surfactant
   A material that spreads along a surface, changing the properties of the surface. For example, soap spreads over a water surface and lowers its surface tension.
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8. Surfactant
   a surface-active substance, such as a detergent or soap, that lowers the surface tension of a solvent (usually water).
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9. Surfactant
   A surface-active agent; one that accumulates at the interface between two liquids and modifies their surface properties. An example would include the sterate ion.
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10. Surfactant
    Surfactants are products used as detergents, dispersing agents, emulsifiers, wetting agents, foaming or antifoam agents, and solubilisers. They also constitute the raw material for the formulation of household products such as fabric detergents, shampoos,
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11. Surfactant
    The descriptor for any substance that lowers surface tension.
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12. surfactant
    A surface-active agent; usually an organic compound whose moleculei contain a hydrophilic group at one end and a lipophilic group at the other.
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13. Surfactant
    Surface-active ingredient that increases foaming, dispersing, spreading, emulsifying and wetting properties of a product
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14. Surfactant
    Substance which when dissolved in a liquid, even in very small quantities, greatly reduces surface tension; surfactants used in detergents are part lipophile and part hydrophile, enabling the suspension of fat in water
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15. surfactant
    A chemical added to water to lower its surface tension to improve wetting for cleaning. Surfactants are used in fluxes to reduce surface tension at the metal/solder interface to further promote solder wetting, especially when the assembly exits the solder wave. Where the flux is to be used in a foa...
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16. Surfactant
    a mixture of substances secreted by the air sacs of the lungs that prevents the air sacs from collapsing during exhalation
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17. Surfactant
    Surfactant: A fluid secreted by the cells of the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs) that serves to reduce the surface tension of pulmonary fluids; surfactant contributes to the elastic properties of pulmonary tissue. In more technical terms, a surfactant is a surface active agent, the best kno...
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18. Surfactant
    A detergent compound that promotes lathering.
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19. surfactant
    A surface-active compound; the best known example of which is the lung surfactant that renders the alveolar surfaces hydrophobic and prevents the lung filling with water by capillary action. The lung surfactant is produced just at parturition, and it has often been speculated that deficiencies in surfactant metabolism might cause cot death.
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20. surfactant
    <physiology> A surface active agent, the best known example of which is the lung surfactant that renders the alveolar surfaces hydrophobic and prevents the lung filling with water by capillary action. ... The lung surfactant is produced just at parturition and it has often been speculated that...
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21. surfactant
    (sәr-fak´tәnt) surface-active agent. In the physiology of the lungs, a mixture of phospholipids (primarily lecithin and sphingomyelin) that is secreted into the alveoli and air passages and reduces the surface tension of fluids in the lungs to make lung tissue more elastic. A synthetic surfactant is ...
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22. surfactant
    A surface-active agent; usually an organic compound whose moleculei contain a hydrophilic group at one end and a lipophilic group at the other
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23. Surfactant
    A mixture of fat and protein that is found in the lungs that helps to keep them open and expanded. Surfactant is produced around the 34th week of pregnancy and lines the surface of the air sacs, where it lowers the surface tension and allows the air sacs to remain open throughout the respiratory cyc...
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24. surfactant
    Type: Term Pronunciation: sŭr-fak′tănt Definitions: 1. A surface-active agent, including substances commonly referred to as wetting agents, surface tension depressants, detergents, dispersing agents, emulsifiers, and quaternary ammonium antiseptics. 2. Those surface-active agents for...
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25. Surfactant
    Surface-active agent. A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved, such as a detergent.
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