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PubChem lists more than 6 million. The
fluorinated surfactants or
fluorosurfactants subgroup has a
fluorinated "tail" and a
hydrophilic "head" and are...
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compounds bioac****ulate. One
class of
perfluorinated compounds, the
fluorosurfactants, are
widely used in the
production of
teflon (PTFE) and
related fluorinated...
- (also
called nonaflate)
which functions as the
hydrophobe in
fluorosurfactants.
Since June 2003, 3M has used PFBS as a
replacement for the persistent...
- over
drinking water contaminated by PFOA and
other fluorosurfactants.
Fluorocarbon Fluorosurfactant U.S.
patent 3,574,791 "Scotchgard vs Scotchguarding"...
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groups attached to two long
alkyl tails.[citation needed] By contrast,
fluorosurfactants are not
amphiphilic or
detergents because fluorocarbons are not lipophilic...
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their lipophobicity.
Fluorosurfactants have low
surface energies and
dramatically lower surface tension. The
fluorosurfactants perfluorooctanesulfonic...
- reactivity,
enabling them to
adhere to
surfaces or act as surfactants.
Fluorosurfactants, in particular, can
lower the
surface tension of
water more than their...
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carboxylates are only
surfactants when they
possess five to nine carbons.
Fluorosurfactants reduce the
surface tension of
water down to half of what hydrocarbon...
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produced PFOS up
until May 2000 when the
company announced a
phaseout of
fluorosurfactants. 89
constitutional isomers of PFOS are
theoretically possible, environmental...
- a
hydrocarbon chain,
which can be branched, linear, or aromatic.
Fluorosurfactants have
fluorocarbon chains.
Siloxane surfactants have
siloxane chains...
