But the project's principal investigator, at the materials science center of Trinity College in Dublin, says it can be done by mixing graphite with water and a surfactant, a form of soap, in an ordinary kitchen blender.
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Surfactant
//səɹˈfæktənt//
Synonyms for "surfactant" (6 found)
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Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
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1 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
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16 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَامِل سَطْحِيّ noun (surface active agent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- повърхностно-акти́вно вещество́ noun (surface active agent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 界面活性劑 /界面活性剂 noun (surface active agent)
- 表面活性劑 /表面活性剂 noun (surface active agent)
Czech
2 entries- surfaktant noun (surface active agent)
- tenzid noun (surface active agent)
Finnish
4 entries- pinta-aktiivinen aine noun (surface active agent)
- surfaktantti noun (surface active agent)
- surfaktantti noun (lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs)
- tensidi noun (surface active agent)
French
4 entries- mouillant noun (surface active agent)
- surfactant noun (surface active agent)
- surfactif noun (surface active agent)
- tensioactif noun (surface active agent)
German
4 entries- Benetzungsmittel noun (surface active agent)
- Detergens noun (surface active agent)
- Dispergiermittel noun (surface active agent)
- Netzmittel noun (surface active agent)
Italian
3 entries- surfactante noun (surface active agent)
- surfattante noun (surface active agent)
- tensioattivo noun (surface active agent)
Japanese
2 entries- 界面活性剤 noun (surface active agent)
- 肺表面活性物質 noun (lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs)
Kazakh
1 entries- беттік-активті заттек noun (surface active agent)
Korean
1 entries- 계면활성제 noun (surface active agent)
Persian
1 entries- ماده فعال سطحی noun (surface active agent)
Portuguese
3 entries- surfactante noun (surface active agent)
- tensioativo noun (surface active agent)
- tensoativo noun (surface active agent)
Russian
1 entries- пове́рхностно-акти́вное вещество́ noun (surface active agent)
Slovene
1 entries- omočilo noun (surface active agent)
Spanish
3 entries- surfactante noun (surface active agent)
- tensioactivo noun (surface active agent)
- tensoactivo noun (surface active agent)
Swedish
3 entries- surfaktant noun (surface active agent)
- surfaktant noun (lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs)
- tensid noun (surface active agent)
Thai
1 entries- สารลดแรงตึงผิว noun (surface active agent)
Turkish
2 entries- sürfektan noun (surface active agent)
- sürfektan noun (lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chất hoạt động bề mặt noun (surface active agent)
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Dr. Khorana added that this is especially true of cleansers that feature surfactants like sodium lauryl sulfate, as this class of ingredients can cause “dryness, irritation and eczema.”
Source: wiktionary
It is conceivable that impairment of surfactant proteins is due to rheological and immunodefensive disorders of testis and epididymis or prostate.
Source: wiktionary
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