Question

Give examples of Surfactants.

Answer 1

Surfactants:

• The term "surfactant" was first used in $1950$ and is a derivation of the term "surface active agent."
• Surfactants are a class of chemical substances that are used to reduce the surface tension (also known as interfacial tension) between various substances, such as two liquids, a gas and a liquid, or a liquid and a solid.
• Surfactants are amphiphilic substances that fall within the category of organic compounds.
• It basically means that both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups are present.

Examples:

• Alkyl ether phosphates
• Sodium stearate
• Benzalkonium chloride
• Docusate is another name for dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.