Examples of surfactant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The luxurious, foamy formula lathers up like a dream, the texture owed to a natural, mild surfactant derived from creamy coconut. — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 May 2022 The startup’s platform uses machine learning to monitor and adapt to how raw materials from different suppliers affect product quality, from varying impurities in steel to the level of viscosity in a surfactant, a key ingredient in shampoo. — Nick Carey, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2022 Your average clarifying shampoo will contain two key ingredients: a chelating agent and a surfactant, or cleaning agent. — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 11 Apr. 2022 Honeydew naturally produces a type of oily surfactant, so a perfectly ripe honeydew should feel a little bit sticky. — USA Today, 6 Apr. 2022 To spread the mixture out, Zoll gently taps it with the tip of a pipette dipped in a surfactant—dish soap in this case. — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2022 Adding some kind of surfactant keeps surface tension from collapsing bubbles by strengthening the thin liquid film walls that separate them. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2022 In addition to surfactant, Mantha cited two other factors that have increased survival of very premature babies: improvements in ventilation for newborns; and steroids that promote fetal lung development. — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021 Development of artificial surfactant in the mid- to late 1980s has had a profound effect on infant mortality in general and respiratory distress in specific. — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021 See More

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