| Journal: | Quimica nova |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000313170 |
| ISSN: | 0100-4042 |
| Authors: | Penteado, Jose Carlos P1 El Seoud, Omar A Carvalho, Lilian R.F |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Instituto de Quimica, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Sep |
| Volumen: | 29 |
| Number: | 5 |
| Pages: | 1038-1046 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | The environmental impact of detergents and other consumer products is behind the continued interest in the chemistry of the surfactants used. Of these, linear alkylbenzene sulfonates (LASs) are most widely employed in detergent formulations. The precursors to LASs are linear alkylbenzenes (LABs). There is also interest in the chemistry of these hydrocarbons, because they are usually present in commercial LASs (due to incomplete sulfonation), or form as one of their degradation products. Additionally, they may be employed as molecular tracers of domestic waste in the aquatic environment. The following aspects are covered in the present review: The chemistry of surfactants, in particular LAS; environmental impact of the production of LAS; environmental and toxicological effects of LAS; mechanisms of removal of LAS in the environment, and methods for monitoring LAS and LAB, the latter in domestic wastes. Classical and novel analytical methods employed for the determination of LAS and LAB are discussed in detail, and a brief comment on detergents in Brazil is given |
| Disciplines: | Química |
| Keyword: | Química analítica, Química ambiental, Detergentes, Surfactantes, Sulfonato de alquilbenceno |
| Keyword: | Chemistry, Analytical chemistry, Environmental chemistry, Detergents, Surfactants, Alkylbenzene sulfonate |
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