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surfactant

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surfactant [sər′fek·tənt]
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They also added the nanotubes to two other flasks containing either distilled water or a surfactant solution that scientists routinely use to keep carbon nanotubes from clumping during experiments.
The "Journal of Surfactants and Detergents" is a quarterly science and news journal focusing on the practical and theoretical aspects of oleochemical and petrochemical surfactants, soaps and detergents.
What's more, recent research at California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, and the University of Florida has shown that organic polymers known as soil surfactants can also be injected into the irrigation system to speed water infiltration into the soil and retard water evaporation out of the soil.
 
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