Surfactants: hygiene’s first line of defense against pollution, properties, applications, environmental impacts, and treatment methods

IF 1 Q4 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI:10.1680/jenes.23.00095
Aya A. Najim, Ahmed Y. Radeef
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Surfactants are a diverse group of compounds that are widely used in a range of industrial, commercial, and household applications. They are amphiphilic molecules that contain both hydrophilic and hydrophobic groups, which allow them to interact with both water and oil. Surfactants have a number of important properties, including the ability to reduce surface tension, emulsify liquids, and solubilize hydrophobic compounds. These properties make them valuable in a range of applications, including detergents (hygiene products), cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural products. However, the widespread use of surfactants has also raised concerns about their environmental impacts. This review provides an overview of the properties and applications of surfactants, as well as their environmental impacts, the different types of surfactants and their properties and uses in different applications, the current understanding of the environmental fate and impacts of surfactants, including their interactions with aquatic organisms, microbial communities, and natural ecosystems, and finnaly discusses the strategies for minimizing the environmental impacts of surfactants, including the development of biodegradable and environmentally friendly surfactants.
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表面活性剂是一类种类繁多的化合物,广泛应用于各种工业、商业和家庭用途。它们是两亲分子,既含有亲水基团,也含有疏水基团,因此可以与水和油相互作用。表面活性剂具有许多重要特性,包括降低表面张力、乳化液体和增溶疏水化合物的能力。这些特性使它们在清洁剂(卫生用品)、化妆品、药品和农产品等一系列应用中发挥了重要作用。然而,表面活性剂的广泛使用也引起了人们对其环境影响的关注。本综述概述了表面活性剂的特性和应用及其对环境的影响、不同类型的表面活性剂及其在不同应用中的特性和用途、目前对表面活性剂的环境归宿和影响的理解,包括它们与水生生物、微生物群落和自然生态系统的相互作用,最后还讨论了尽量减少表面活性剂对环境影响的策略,包括开发可生物降解和环境友好型表面活性剂。
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期刊介绍: Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science is an international, peer-reviewed publication providing a forum for the dissemination of environmental research, encouraging interdisciplinary research collaboration to address environmental problems. It addresses all aspects of environmental engineering and applied environmental science, with the exception of noise, radiation and light.
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