Surfactants are used in a wide range of fields. By far, the
most important field of application is the washing and cleansing
sector as well as textile treatment and cosmetics; these use
more than 50% of the total amount of surfactants. Surfactants
are also used in food sector, crop protection, mining, and production
of paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives. The basic
manufacturing routes to important surfactants are laid out in
Fig. 4. It is true that the most important surfactant from the
amount produced apart from soap is still the petrochemicalbased
alkyl benzene sulfonate; however, a continuous trend toward
surfactants based on renewable resources has become
apparent
Surfactants are used in a wide range of fields. By far, themost important field of application is the washing and cleansingsector as well as textile treatment and cosmetics; these usemore than 50% of the total amount of surfactants. Surfactantsare also used in food sector, crop protection, mining, and productionof paints, coatings, inks, and adhesives. The basicmanufacturing routes to important surfactants are laid out inFig. 4. It is true that the most important surfactant from theamount produced apart from soap is still the petrochemicalbasedalkyl benzene sulfonate; however, a continuous trend towardsurfactants based on renewable resources has becomeapparent
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