表面活性剂被广泛地应用于化妆品、食品、医药、农药等行业中,对这些工业产品的应用性、功能性和可销售性等方面起着极其重要的作用。但令人遗憾的是,我们往往对表面活性剂的选择和作用机理等的了解要比其它有效成份少得多,表面活性剂这个术语常常与乳化剂术语交替使用。表面活性剂的简单定义可以这么认 Surfactants are widely used in cosmetics, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other industries and play an extremely important role in the applicability, functionality and marketability of these industrial products. Unfortunately, however, we tend to know much less about the choice of surfactant and mechanism of action, etc. than other active ingredients, and the term surfactant is often used interchangeably with emulsifier terms. The simple definition of surfactant can be recognized as such