English-Spanish translations for surfactant

• surfactante
• tensioactivo
  En primer lugar, introduce pruebas más estrictas sobre la biodegradabilidad de los tensioactivos. Firstly, it introduces more stringent tests for the biodegradability of surfactants.
  En segundo lugar, amplía el ámbito de aplicación de la legislación para incluir todos los tipos de tensioactivos. Secondly, it extends the scope of the legislation to include all types of surfactants.
  Se centra en resolver el problema de la espuma que producen los tensioactivos en nuestros sistemas de alcantarillado. The focus is on solving the problem of foam caused by surfactants in our water systems.
• tensoactivo

Definition of surfactant

• A surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail

Related words

• surface
• resurface
• worksurface
• subsurface
• hypersurface
• surface-active
• air-to-surface
• surface-to-air
• resurfacing