Surfactants are products used as detergents, dispersing agents, emulsifiers, wetting agents, foaming or anti-foam agents, and solubilisers. They also constitute the raw material for the formulation of household products such as fabric detergents, shampoos, housecleaning products, as well as industrial auxiliary products for facilitating work in the [..]

A chemical that preferentially adsorbs at an interface, lowering the surface tension or interfacial tension between fluids or between a fluid and a solid. This term encompasses a multitude of material [..]

A surface active agent; any wetting agent. A formulation which, when added to water in proper amounts, will materially reduce the surface tension of the water and increase penetration and spreading ab [..]

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.

Any liquid that helps to release the surface tension on the lungs

See adjuvant. Check out the Spray and Grwo Coco Wet Organic Wetting Agent.

Surface-active agent that reduces interfacial tension of a liquid. A surfactant used in a petroleum oil may increase the oil's affinity for metals and other materials.

Surfactant is the word that combines the terms "surface active agent". Chemical species that acts as wetting agents to lower the surface tension of a liquid and allow for increased spr [..]

(sur-fak´tant) A substance produced by the lungs that decreases the surface tension within the alveoli. suspensory ligament

A substance that acts to reduce the surface tension of the liquid it is immersed in, which has both a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic end. It also reduces the interfacial tension between two liquids or a liquid and a solid and therefore increases the solubility of organic compounds. Examples of surfactants include detergents, foaming agents and dispe [..]

 – Chemical used to adjust surface tension of a material.

(n) a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

A mixture of chemicals that prevent the lungs from collapsing when the baby breathes out. Production of surfactant in the lungs starts at about 24 weeks but is not well developed before 36 weeks’ gest [..]

a liquid that is secreted by the lung cells to coat alveoli. This liquid prevents alveoli from collapsing, thereby making gas exchange easier. Premature infants do not make much surfactant yet, and are therefore at risk of significant lung disease, which leads to "bronchopulmonary dysplasia" or BPD.

A surface active agent that reduces surface tension on plant materials and/or soil particles. Wetting agents are common examples.

Surfactant refers to the fluid in the lungs. Surfactant functions in lowering the surface tension within the lungs, enabling the lungs to open and expand.

 Detergent-like substance that keeps small air sacs in the lungs from collapsing. 

a surface-active substance, such as a detergent or soap, that lowers the surface tension of a solvent (usually water).

A surface active agent. Lowers the surface tension of a liquid, improves wetting of a solid substance in water, lowers the interfacial tension between two liquids thus improving their compatibility to [..]

A material which possesses the ability to radically alter the free energy of a liquid surface or interface when present in the system at low concentrations.  The word surfactant is a contraction of the term surface active agent.  (see RFF 750.10.01 - SURFACTANTS)

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry Surfactant: A contraction of surface active agent. A molecule that lowers the surface tension of a liquid, or the interfacial tension between two liquids. To [..]

The descriptor for any substance that lowers the surface tension.

A detergent compound that promotes lathering.

A detergent compound that promotes lathering.

Substances and Drugs that lower the Surface Tension of the mucoid layer lining the Pulmonary Alveoli.

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.

A substance that breaks up oil into small droplets.

a salt of an organic acid, the structure of which determines its activity at the surface of the solution.

a material which does not yield ions in solution and is therefore compatible with both anionic and cationic substances.

A material which favors or improves the emulsifying, dispersing, spreading, wetting, or other surface modifying properties of liquids

Several classes of chemicals that reduce the interfacial tension between water and plant material or other liquids. Classes of surfactants include wetting agents, spreaders, and stickers. Types of surfactants include anionic, cationic, and nonionic. The most common type of surfactant used in herbicide applications is nonionic.

An organic chemical that, when added to a liquid, changes the properties of that liquid at a surface.  This is a basic function for products serving as detergents and as wetting, foaming, dispersing, [..]

Abbreviation for surface-active agent. The active agent in detergents that possesses a high cleaning ability.

Abbreviation for surface-active agent. It is the active agent in detergents that possesses a high cleaning ability. Surface Water

A chemical that stabilises mixtures of oil and water.

A substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid. Detergents and emulsifiers are surfactants.

An ingredient that helps two substances that normally do not mix to become dissolved or dispersed in one another. Also called a surface active agent.

A surfactant is an ingredient that promotes an efficient mixture of oil and water.  *A chemical that lift up oil and dead skin cells.

compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid, the interfacial tension between two liquids, or that between a liquid and a solid. Surfactants may act as detergents, wetting agents,  emulsifiers, foaming agents and dispersants.

See adjuvant. Check out the Spray and Grwo Coco Wet Organic Wetting Agent.

A whitish milky substance consisting of lipids and proteins that are secreted by type II alveolar epithelial cells that line the alveoli. It consists of 90% lipids (mostly phospholipids) and 10% prote [..]

Compounds that lower the surface tension of a liquid.

A substance that affects the properties of the surface of a liquid or solid by concentrating the surface layer. Surfactants can ensure that the surface of one substance or object is in thorough contac [..]

surface-active agent that reduces interfacial tension of a liquid. A surfactant used in a petroleum oil may increase the oil’s affinity for metals and other materials.

Surface-active agent. These products are basically soaps and help substances that are immiscible, like water and oil, to mix.

A compound that affects interfacial tension between two liquids. It usually reduces surface tension.

(chemistry) A surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail". (bioche [..]