Surfactant: A detergent compound that promotes lathering.
Surrogate Data: Data from studies of test organisms or a test substance that are used to estimate the characteristics or effects on another organism or substance.
Surfactant - A detergent compound that promotes lathering.
Systemic Pesticide - A chemical absorbed by an organism that makes the organism toxic to pests.
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Surfactant: 1. Surface active agent used in detergents to cause lathering. 2. Surface active agent that cleans.
surfactant
a surface-active substance, such as a detergent or soap, that lowers the surface tension of a solvent (usually water).
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surfactant Abbreviation for surface-active agent. The active agent in detergents that possesses a high cleaning ability due to its ability to emulsify fats, oils, and grease.
Surfactants: Chemicals that are used to reduce the resistance to flow of certain fluids.
Surficial Deposits: -Deposits overlying bedrock and consisting of soil, silt, sand, gravel and other unconsolidated materials.
Surfactant A substance used in oil spill remediation. A surfactant breaks oil into small droplets which helps to increase the surface area of the oil spill, ...
Material which enhances or maintains the cleaning efficiency of a surfactant, in a detergent, principally by inactivating water hardness; complex phosphates (especially sodium tripolyphosphate, i.e. pentasodium triphosphate), sodium carbonate, ...
Pesticide components such as solvents, carriers, dispersants, and surfactants that are not active against target pests. Not all inert ingredients are innocuous.
Source: Terms of the Environment
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Inert Ingredient: Pesticide components such as solvents, carriers, dispersants, and surfactants that are not active against target pests. Not all inert ingredients are innocuous.
 See also: Pesticide, Discharge, Environment, Soil, Toxic
  
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