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SURFACTANT CLASSIFICATION AND APPLICATION.pptx
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SURFACTANT CLASSIFICATION AND APPLICATION
PRESENTED BY GUIDED BY
SHAMSELFALAH A. H MR. A. V SURENDRA
2101580003
M.PHARM 1ST YEAR
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CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
SURFACTANT DIFINITION
CLASSIFICATION OF SURFACTANTS
PROPERTIES OF SURFACTANTS
APPLICATIONS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
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INTRODUCTION
The term surfactants is derived from the term surface active agents
Surfactants can be found in a wide range of products we use every day such as personal
care products , cleaners , pharmaceuticals , enhanced oil recovery and paint.
Fatty acid salts (soap) were the earliest surfactans developed by Man and was in common
use by the Sumerians .
Modern surfactants are much more effective but still serve many of the same functions in
modern cleaning formulations s
Other common uses include the use of surfactants to stabilize oil water emulsions such as
food products (salad dressings) and personal care products (lotions)
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Definition of surfactants
Surfactants defined as a substance which at low concentration has the property of
absorbing onto the surfaces or interfaces of a system and altering the surface or interfacial
energies of those surfaces or interfaces.
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Nonionic surfactants
Nonionic surfactant is differ from ionic surfactants in the absence of charge on the
molecule.
They are generally less irritant than anionic or cationic surfactants.
They are compatible with other types of surfactants, but they may diminish the
antimicrobial activities of some preservatives.
The characteristics of non-ionic surfactants are essentially dependent on the proportion of
hydrophilic or hydrophobic groups in the molecule.
The hydrophilic parts contains the polyoxyethylene,polyoxypropylene,or polyol derivatives
and the hydroxyl group, the hydrophobic part includes saturated or unsaturated fatty acids.
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By varying the number of hydrophilic groups or the length of the lipophilic chain,
compounds are obtained with a wide range of hydrophilic –lipophilic balance (HLB) values.
Examples of nonionic surfactants:
Tween 80
Tween 20
Span 60
Span 20
Ppolyoxymethylene
Polyoxypropylene
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Ionic surfactants
It is different from non-ionic surfactant because it can carry a positive or negative charge.
Ionic surfactant classifies into:
Cationic surfactants.
Anionic surfactants
Amphoteric
Cationic surfactans
o The cationic group has a positively charged cation
o Negatively charged products strongly absorb cationic surfactants, some such products
include hair , skin , and microorganism.
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These type of surfactants are important pharmaceutically because of their bactericidal
properties.
Anionic surfactants
Anionic surfactants are those that carry a negative charge on the hydrophilic part.
The major classes of anionic surfactants used in this field are those containing carboxylate
, sulfate , and sulfonate ions.
The most frequently allied cations are sodium , calcium , magnesium , and zinc, multivalent
ions producing marked water insolubility.
Depending on the chemical class and concentration , this group of surfactants may be
irritating in certain conditions.
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Amphoteric surfactans
• This class of surfactants includes those that carry both positive and negative charges.
• Depending on the pH of the preparation , this group behaves as a cationic , anionic , or non-
ionic species.
• In the cosmetics field , these surfactants are frequently applied in skin or hair formulations
as relatively mild detergents.
• They are also used for their capacity for reducing the irritation of anionic surfactants.
• These surfactants are commonly accepted to be non-irritant to the eyes and have
consequently been used in baby shampoos.
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Properties of surfactants
Reducing surface tension
Water , for instance , has a very high natural surface tension (with air) which is what
enables small insects to walk on its surface or a paper clip to float on it .
If a few drops of surfactant were added to the water , a large decrease in the tension
between water and air results , meaning that the insect or the paper clip would sink.
A similarly remarkable effect can be seen in the interaction between dirt (oil or fat) and
water in cleaning processes , introducing surfactant , in the form of a detergent , into the
process reduces interfacial tension between the water and soil , helping to release the dirt
and keep it suspended in water so that it can be flushed or rinsed away
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That’s exactly (but not only) what surfactants do every time you wash your face or hair, do
the laundry, clean the dishes, mop the floors or wipe down the kitchen.
In virtually every detergent or cleaning product is a smart surfacatant designed specifically
to make the task easier, more effective and more efficient.
Special molecular structure
The unique properties of surfactants (i.e. Their ability to mobilise and mix naturally
opposing or immiscible substances) are the result of their special molecular structure.
Think of a surfactant molecule as a matchstick , with the thick end being the head and the
thin end being the tail.
This head is water-soluble (hydrophilic) but oil-insoluble, whereas the tail is water-
insoluble (hydrophobic) but oil-soluble.
When added to water as part of detergent or cleaning formulation , surfactants form
structures called micelles are small spheres made of surfactant molecules where the tails
attract and trap oil molecules while the heads of the micelles suspend them in water.
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Other useful properties
In addition to lowering surface and interfacial tension, and rendering soluble what is
insoluble, surfactants also have anumber of other useful properties including:
emulsifying or dispersing power
Wetting
Foaming
Suspending/stabilising power
These properties are utlised in many everyday products-just imagine a day without
surfactants :toothpaste would not foam while cleaning your teeth, nor rinse off properly
after brushing , there would be no shaving foam at all and not only would face and sun
cream look unappealing, there would be no way for them to be absorbed on the surface of
the skin , and there would be no such thing as a relaxing foam bath.
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Applications of surfactants
Home care
Fabric conditioners
Dishwashing detergents
Hard floor and surface cleaners
glass , carpet , oven , cleansers
Air freshneres
Car shampoo
Personal care
Skin creams and lotion
Shampoo and conditioner
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Body wash
Liquid soap
Tooth paste
Sunscreen
Shaving foam and gel
Hair gel
Deodorant
Cosmetics
Health care
Tablets
Capsules
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Syrup
Creams
Ear and eye drops
Inhalers and aerosols
Mouthwashes
Industrial and institutional cleaning
Hospital , schools , restaurant , office and industrial facility cleansing
Commercial dishwashing
Dry cleansing
Aircraft cleansing
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Crop care
Herbicides
Fungicides
Insecticides
Fertilisers
Industrial uses
Metal processing
Pulp and paper processing
Minig
Oil production
Paints and coating
Petrolium productts
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Conculsion
as aresult , surfactant are one of the most widely used groups of chemical substances in
daily life.
More than two million tonnes of surfactants are now being used in Western Europe alone
each year.
Soap , the most basic form of surfactants , has been used as a cleaning agent since 2.500 BC
but it was not until the early 19th century that the true nature of soap was chemically
decoded to stablish a connection between its molecular structure and its cleansing efect.
This led to the rapid innovation and development of other substances with similar but much
improved surfactants properties.
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References
1. Pharmaceutical emulsions and suspensions , edited by , Francoise Nielloud , Gilberte
Marti.
2. Handbook of pharmaceutical Excipients , sixth edition , edited by Raymond C Rowe , Paul J
Sheskey and Marian E. Quinn.
3. Alfred Martin , James Swarbic , Arthur Cammarata et.al , Varghese publishing House , 3rd
edition , 1992 , page no. 355-384.
4. C.V.S Subharmanyam , A textbook of physical pharmaceutics , Vallabh Prakashan , second
edition , 2000 , page no. 128 to 153.