surfactant
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
lipoprotein agent with a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic partPart of speech:
NounPlural: plural: surfactants
Example sentences with this word:
Surfactant facilitates the gas exchange across the membranes.
Surfactants lower the surface tension of a liquid such as water.
The aqueous micelles comprising droplets of 1-octanol stabilised by octanoate (surfactant is generated upon addition of sodium permanganate, which oxidises the alcohol to give the salt), could have biological relevance, because these may have been among the first prebiotic structures able to self-replicate.
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