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Shampoo Surfactants: The Anionics
By: Ken Klein, Cosmetech Laboratories Inc.
Posted: May 6, 2003, from the July 2001 issue of Cosmetics & Toiletries.
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- From Cosmetics & Toiletries
- July 2001 issue, pg 43
- 5 pages
Article Keywords:
- surfactants
- anionic surfactants
- shampoo
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When a complete discussion of the surfactants (SURFace ACTive AgeNTS) used in shampoos would and should be the subject of several texts, a magazine article can at least present a brief outline of the major classes of shampoo surfactants along with a discusssion of their structure function relationships.
This is only an excerpt of the full article that appeared in Cosmetics & Toiletries, but you can purchase the full-text version.

