Oleochemical manufacture and applications (chemistry and technology of oils and fats, volume 4)

This book is an overview of oleochemicals at research and professional level, with an emphasis on their industrial production and applications. Approximately half of the chapters consider matters of relevance throughout the industry, while the other half deal with applications. Additional chapters are devoted to the analysis of oleochemicals and the environmental advantages and disadvantages of oleochemicals in respect of their production, use and disposal. Authors are drawn from industrial and academic laboratories around the world.

Overview and market data. Cationic and amine-based surfactants. Non-ionic and anionic surfactants. Lubricants and hydraulic fluids. Biofuels and solvents. Surface coatings and inks. Agricultural uses of oleochemicals. Analysis of oleochemicals. Oleochemicals and the environment. New chemistry.

Chemists, technologists working on production and use of oleochemicals, analytical chemists, lipid chemists in academic research laboratories