tenside
See also: Tenside
English edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Latin tēnsiō, tēnsiōnem. Cognate English tension.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tenside (plural tensides)
- a surfactant
- 1993, Juraj Tölgyessy, editor, Chemistry and Biology of Water, Air and Soil: Environmental Aspects, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 144:
- Another large group of organic substances polluting the hydrosphere are the preparations known as tensides and detergents [115, 116]. Tensides are surface active substances with a capability to reduce the surface tension at an interface.
Translations edit
surfactant — see surfactant