Spitz, who first suggested the idea of a seminar on soap technology to the American Oil Chemists' Society more than 15 years ago, provides a fascinating 50-page history of soaps and detergents--complete with reproductions of early advertisements and even a couple of poems. The remaining 17 chapters cover topics such as soap structure and phase behavior; formulation of toilet, combo, and synthetic cleansing bars; specifications, formulations, and performance of palm- vs. tallow-based soaps; laundry products in bar form; multicolored and multicomponent soaps; raw materials for sulfonation and sulfation; new developments in liquid hand soaps and body wash products; secondary surfactants for personal care applications; new anionic surfactants derived from olefin sulfonic acids; personal care products based on cosmeceutical and nutraceutical ingredients; certified organic personal care (an emerging market); and technical aspects of perfumery. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This book contains updated material from some of the salient presentations at the Soaps, Detergents, and Oleochemicals (1997) and SODEOPEC (2002) conferences, including several new chapters. Like its two predecessors, Soap Technology for the 1990's and Soaps and Detergents: A Theoretical and Practical Review, this publication will be a valuable resource for those who are active in the increasingly interrelated and quickly changing fields of soaps, detergents, oleochemicals, and personal care products.
