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Preferred term

Surface-Active Agents  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Agents that modify interfacial tension of water; usually substances that have one lipophilic and one hydrophilic group in the molecule; includes soaps, detergents, emulsifiers, dispersing and wetting agents, and several groups of antiseptics.

Entry terms

  • Surface Active Agent
  • Surface-Active Agent
  • Surface Active Agents

In other languages

  • French

  • Agents de surface
  • Agents tensioactifs
  • Composés tensioactifs
  • Surfactifs
  • Tensio-actifs

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Q6V6K5KP-X

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