WHY ATTEND
There is an ever increasing demand for effective formulation and efficient product development. A deeper understanding of the role of surfactants will help in meeting these demands.
COURSE OUTLINE
This is an advanced course and provides an overview of surfactants, including their functions and applications, at a more in depth level than the “An Introduction to Surfactants” course.
WHO WILL BENEFIT
Chemists and technologists with a working knowledge of surfactants and surface chemistry.
The course tutor is Dr Jim Taylour who has many years’ experience in the chemistry world holding numerous positions in product development, technical support and regulatory affairs before recently setting up his own consultancy. He is also on the management panel of Surf Safe, an EU-funded research programme for universities in Portugal, Holland, Denmark and Manchester.
Feedback from those attending previous courses includes:
‘The correct depth of information was supplied - very clear and concise’; ‘Good starting point to surfactants’; ‘It was good, well presented, thought out, etc’; ‘The presentation and explanation meant the course was very easy to understand’
‘I found the content just right as it covered everything I personally work on. The tutor was excellent’
‘The delivery and knowledge of the speaker was excellent - involved people in a positive manner’; ‘Very informative and relevant’
BCA members are offered priority booking with attendance limited to 20 delegates to ensure that the course is interactive.
Attendees will receive hard copy of the course material.
09.45 Registration and refreshments
10.00 Introduction to fundamentals:
- What is a surfactant? (functional names, structures, major categories)
- Micelle formation (what a micelle is, morphology, critical micelle concentration (CMC), factors affecting CMC)
- Phase and phase diagrams (rheology, typical phase diagrams, basic aggregate types)
- Solubilisation
- Precipitation (hardness tolerance)
- Wetting (contact angles)
- Adsorption at gas/liquid and solid/liquid interfaces (importance, mechanisms)
12.30 Lunch
13.15 Applications
- Foams and defoaming (what a foam is, why foams are important, defoaming)
- Emulsions and microemulsions (importance, definitions, mechanisms, role in detergency, demulsification)
- Dispersions (role in stabilisation, rheology, importance of adsorption)
- Detergency (role of surfactant types)
- Examples of practical formulations
16.00 Close
