Hi,
The only published compendium on detergents still available (to my
knowledge) is http://www.merckbiosciences.co.uk/docs/docs/LIT/CB0068_M.pdf.
No phase diagrams though.
Regards,
Pr. Nadir T. Mrabet
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R.M. Garavito wrote:
> Jacob,
>
> Actually, there is no real definitive compendium of detergents and
> their properties (solubility, CMC, aggregation number, etc.). Because
> of their importance to industry, commercial compendia, as Anatrace's
> catalog, are often the most complete. However, most commercial
> compendia are not focused on the detergents we are interested in; they
> want to make dishes cleaner while protecting your hands (i.e., SDS is
> good). One of the best sources for detergent information of all sorts
> is Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena by M. J. Rosen, but is is
> dated and out of print, I believe.
>
> Academic sources are few and often have circular citations. I can
> name several cases in the more popular reviews that cannot be traced
> back to a original reference. All the real biochemists and chemists
> who really brought detergents into biochemistry are retired (e.g., the
> Reynolds) or moved on to other things (e.g., Helenius). Lastly, even
> when academics measure the properties of a detergent, the work is not
> generally published, aside from being buried deeply in a thesis or is
> so specific to certain conditions that the information may not be very
> useful.
>
> One alternative is to enlist Anatrace and its parent USB, for example,
> to set up a Wiki for depositing detergent information and notes.
> Thus, anyone who has primary data on detergents could place it there
> with relevant experimental details. In the spirit of full disclosure,
> I still consult with Anatrace and have provided them with some of my
> group's primary data on detergents.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Michael
>
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> On Oct 22, 2007, at 5:48 PM, Jacob Keller wrote:
>
>> Dear CCP4BB,
>>
>> Although this is not exactly CCP4-related, I thought somebody here
>> might know whether there is somewhere a definitive list or tabulation
>> of detergent properties which are not simply copied out of catalogs,
>> but have been traceably experimentally determined. In particular, it
>> would be great to have phase diagrams for common detergents with
>> detergent concentration versus pH, salt concentration, temperature,
>> etc. Would this not be incredibly helpful for the scientific
>> community? And yet, this is not so easy to find....
>>
>> Jacob
>>
>>
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