2. Fatty acids: natural surface-active molecules

2.1 Definition of a surfactant

Readers are referred to the [K 342] Surfactants section of Techniques de l'Ingénieur.

A surfactant is an amphiphilic molecule with a hydrophilic part (having an affinity for water) and a hydrophobic part (having no affinity for water).

A surfactant is a molecule possessing both a hydrophobic apolar part, generally made up of an alkyl hydrocarbon chain,...

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