surfactants

Senso (Inglese)

plural of surfactant

surfactant

  1. A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”.
  2. A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.

sinonimi

surface active agents

Traduzioni

surfactant

مواد مُفعَلة للسطوح

tensioactivo

agent de surface

agent tensioactif

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