How to Use surfactant in a Sentence

surfactant

noun

• 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
• The alveoli collapse due to loss of surfactant from Type II cells.
  — Avesta Rastan, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2020
• Look for enzymes or surfactants which are often used to help break down greasy residues.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
• Look for products that contain enzymes or surfactants that can break down the stain.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
• Wakayama turned out to be integral to the story of the breakthrough surfactant.
  — Kao Contributor, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• One, colored red in the video above, contained a compound called a surfactant, which makes the ink less adhesive.
  — Tess Joosse, Science | AAAS, 24 Mar. 2021
• That surfactant strengthens the liquid film walls of the bubbles to keep them from collapsing.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
• Instead the smoothing came when the researchers added surfactants.
  — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2023
• That's because the soap acts as a surface active agent, or surfactant, and leaves behind a thin film that helps prevents fog.
  — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2020
• That's because the soap acts as a surface-active agent, or surfactant, and leaves behind a thin film that helps prevents fog.
  — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 12 Jan. 2021
• Each pack contains surfactants and a color-safe bleach to clean and remove carpet stains.
  — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2023
• Adding surfactants makes the colors float so that they can be stirred—perhaps with a very fine human hair—or fanned out by blowing on the circles of ink or paint with a straw.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Dec. 2023
• Its foaming texture comes from surfactants, which can be drying for non-oily skin.
  — Nicole Cain Nd, Ma, Health, 27 Apr. 2023
• In this activity the surface tension is lowered in the area where the surfactant is added, and the higher surface tension in front of the raft pulls the raft forward.
  — Science Buddies, Scientific American, 26 June 2014
• But acrylic paints have additives called surfactants that help to keep pigments suspended in the paint tube rather than settling to the bottom.
  — Sarah Everts, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2016
• Water sucks at getting grease off, so Tide uses compounds called surfactants that mix well with both.
  — Chelsea Leu, WIRED, 27 May 2016
• This is a big subject, but for our purposes, a surfactant is added to a personal care product, such as shampoo, to clean the hair and to make bubbles.
  — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2020
• The mixture includes sodium lauryl sulfate (a surfactant used in soaps) and malic acid (found in fruit).
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 12 Mar. 2023
• Soap is a surfactant with a low surface tension, while water is a liquid with quite a high surface tension.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2020
• Even though it’s made with just 11 ingredients—none of which are harsh surfactants or sulfates—your child will enjoy it as a good sudsy shampoo.
  — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 20 May 2024
• Having lots of suds may mean stains are washed away, but those bubbles are the result of surfactants, which can also cause allergic skin rashes.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 29 Dec. 2023
• One idea is that a yawn can help distribute a protective wetting agent called surfactant in the lungs and prevent them from collapsing.
  — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020
• The researchers used a typical solution of water, glycerol, and a surfactant to make a simple 2D foam squashed between two plates of glass.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 June 2019
• How detergent works The water in your machine is what cleans your clothes; detergent adds surfactants to that water.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
• The surfactant’s different response to the two liquids allows the coated mesh to separate them.
  — Leah Shaffer, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2015
• The mixture uses the active ingredients sodium lauryl sulfate (a surfactant used in soaps) and malic acid (found in fruit) and comes in a stand-up jar.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2021
• The product does not contain any nitrates, sulfates, phosphates, parabens, dyes, or surfactants.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
• To verify that surface tension did indeed play a role in the gecko's surface skimming ability, the researchers added a surfactant (dish soap) to the water.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2018
• Some people find that surfactants take away too many of their skin’s natural oils, disrupting the skin’s barrier and drying them out.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 1 May 2019
• Bio IOS is a unique surfactant, highly soluble in water while at the same time retaining high affinity to oils.
  — Kao Contributor, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024