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DETERGENT CHAINE DROITE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

... the health authorities decided that [branched-chain detergents] must be replaced by at least 80% biodegradable, linear-chain detergents ...

CONT

One way to achieve a small detergent micelle is to use small linear detergents like octylglucopyranoside. However, a general experience of membrane biochemists is that membrane proteins in micelles formed by a detergent with a short alkyl chain are not very stable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

[Les détergents à chaîne ramifiée] représentaient [...] 80 à 90 % de la production totale avant que les autorités sanitaires aient décidé leur remplacement par des détergents à chaînes linéaires biodégradables au moins à 80 % [...]

OBS

Les expressions «à chaîne droite» ou «à chaîne linéaire», au singulier, sont également possibles, selon le contexte.

Key term(s)
  • détergent à chaîne droite
  • détergent à chaîne linéaire

Spanish

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