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Adjuvants
Adjuvants
Adjuvants
• The hydrophilic portions gives surfactants its ionic character e.g. anionic,
cationic and nonionic.
• Some surfactants are amphoteric i.e. their anionic and cationic properties
vary with change in pH of the medium.
• The proportion of size and intensity of hydrophilic (H) and
lipophillic (L) group of a surfactant assigns it a hydrophilic -
lipophilic balance value (=HLB).