PANEL DISCUSSION ON SURFACTANTS

Surfactants are ubiquitous materials in many consumer products, controlling surface tension for cleaning, washing, personal care and diverse other applications. In the last century surfactants underwent a lot of change. Soap, already known since ancient times was replaced by synthetic surfactants. Still, one must keep in mind that before World War II some main carbon sources for surfactants were whale oil and beef tallow, both from animal sources. Then the switch went to crude oil based raw materials and, in the 80´s to palm oil, palm kernel oil, coconut oil and other plant-based oils starting to take over as key raw materials for the surfactant production.

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