Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab: Surfactant Testing Enables a Safer World
The synthetic detergent industry has enjoyed a boom because of the wide applications of surfactants. As the general public has leverage increasingly concerned regarding the safety and efficacy of detergent products, Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab recently announced the launch of surfactant testing services for a range of products made of non-ionic surfactants, cationic surfactants, anionic surfactants, zwitterionic surfactants, and other types of surfactants. Consisting of a polar head group and a nonpolar hydrocarbon tail, synthetic surfactants consist of unique properties. For example, synthetic surfactants are capable of reducing interfacial tension and forming micelles. In most cases, surfactants act as detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, or dispersants. "Based on the different charges of their headgroup, surfactants can be generally classified into four categories, i.e., non - charged, amphoteric, cationic, and anionic," the Marketing Chief of Alfa Chem...