Cleaning action and surfactant properties of alkyl glucosides

Cleaning action and surfactant properties of a series of alkyl glucosides, having high detergent power, emulsifying capacity, and biodegradability and low foaming capacity, were studied. The effects of various factors on the cleaning action of the surfactants and compositions on them were investigated, allowing prediction of the cleaning effect on the basis of data on physicochemical characteristics of the solutions and process parameters.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, Vol. 77, No. 12, 2004, pp. 2025–2030.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2004 by Yakimchuk, Kotomin, Petelskii, Naumov.