loading...| Preferred Name |
surfactant |
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| Synonyms |
surfactant surfactants surface active agent |
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| Definitions |
A substance which lowers the surface tension of the medium in which it is dissolved, and/or the interfacial tension with other phases, and, accordingly, is positively adsorbed at the liquid/vapour and/or at other interfaces. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_35195 |
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| has exact synonym |
surfactant |
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| has_obo_namespace |
chebi_ontology |
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| has_related_synonym |
surfactants surface active agent |
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| id |
CHEBI:35195 |
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| imported from | ||
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| label |
surfactant |
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| notation |
CHEBI:35195 |
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| prefLabel |
surfactant |
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| textual definition |
A substance which lowers the surface tension of the medium in which it is dissolved, and/or the interfacial tension with other phases, and, accordingly, is positively adsorbed at the liquid/vapour and/or at other interfaces. |
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| subClassOf |
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