What Are Surfactants? Surfactants are materials or chemicals that lessen or destroy the bond between a liquid and a liquid or a liquid and a solid. Simply put, they are any material that can affect/lessen the surface tension between two things. Surfactants are...
What Are Surfactants? Surfactants are molecules that have both a polar and nonpolar region (known as an amphiphilic molecules). This gives them the unique quality of being both hydrophilic (water “loving”) and hydrophobic (water “hating”). Hydrophilic molecules are...
Where Can I Find Chemical Detergent Manufacturers? Chemical manufacturers are in every state in the USA with varying densities from city to city. Identifiable on the outside as large warehouses and manufacturing plants, you’ve most likely passed them on a drive around...
Aqueous Cleaning Solutions Definition Aqueous cleaning solutions are simply cleaning agents that are water-based. More specifically, they are generally comprised of at least 95% water, and less than 5% VOCs (volatile organic compounds). They are often used as an...
If you’re like most people, you’ve checked your car’s motor oil at some point in your life. It’s also likely that you’ve used shaving cream to shave and that you use a detergent to wash your clothes. If you’ve done any of these things you’ve likely used some type of...
Chemical Structure of Isopropyl Alcohol vs. Ethanol When comparing isopropyl alcohol vs. ethanol, one of the simplest differences to look at is the chemical structure of each compound. Isopropyl alcohol has a chemical formula of C3H8O, and it is comprised of an...
Isopropyl Alcohol’s Chemical Structure Isopropyl alcohol has a chemical structure of C3H8O. It consists of an isopropyl group bonded to a hydroxyl group. An isopropyl group is a carbon atom with one hydrogen and two methyl groups (a carbon plus three hydrogens)...
Adding a surfactant to your herbicide or other weed-killing solutions may literally mean life-and-death for pesky plants. If you find that spraying the weeds with only an herbicide kills just a few, then it’s time to add a surfactant to the mix. Locating this chemical...
What is Acetone? Acetone is a naturally occurring compound that is very flammable, colorless and has a strong odor of alcohol. Acetone is often used as a nail polish remover, but it is also used as a de-greaser and cleaning solvents. It appears in many industries,...
In earlier blogs we have discussed if soaps and surfactants are the same thing, and in simplest terms they are because soap was the first kind of surfactant. This piece is labeled surfactants versus detergents. One may be asking, aren’t soaps and detergents almost the...
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