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Term	Acronym	Vocabulary	Vocabulary Type	Definitions
Summary of Ecotox Data on Ethoxylated Surfactants	ETHOX		Abbreviation and Acronym List
Surfactant		Terms of Environment	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A detergent compound that promotes lathering.
Surfactant		Pesticides Glossary	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: A detergent compound that promotes lathering.
Surfactant		I-BEAM Glossary of Terms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition 1: Surface active agent used in detergents to cause lathering. Definition 2: Surface active agent that cleans.
Surfactant		Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: (sir-FAC-tent) Abbreviation for surface-active agent. The active agent in detergents that possesses a high cleaning ability.
Surfactant		Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources	Glossary and Key Word List	Definition: Used during the hydraulic fracturing process to decrease liquid surface tension and improve fluid passage through the pipes.
Surfactant		EPA EV-Chemical Substances-Chemical Roles	Taxonomy	Definition 1: Used during the hydraulic fracturing process to decrease liquid surface tension and improve fluid passage through the pipes. [EPA Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: Progress Report at http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/pdfs/hf-report20121214.pdf] Definition 2: Abbreviation for surface-active agent. The active agent in detergents that possesses a high cleaning ability. [Drinking Water Technical & Legal] Definition 3: A detergent compound that promotes lathering. [Terms of Environment][Pesticides Glossary] Definition 4: Methylene blue active substances amendable to measurement by the method described in “Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes,” 1971, Environmental Protection Agency, Analytical Quality Control Laboratory, page 131. [40 CFR 417.91 (CFR 2017)] Definition 5: Organic substance and/or preparation which has surface-active properties and which consists of one or more hydrophilic and one or more hydrophobic groups of such a nature and size that it is capable of reducing the surface tension of water, and of forming spreading or adsorption monolayers at the water-air interface, and of forming emulsions and/or microemulsions and/or micelles, and of adsorption at water-solid interfaces. Surfactants may also be used for purposes other than detergents such as emulsifiers, foaming agents, wetting agents, and stabilizers for dispersions. [EPA's Safer Choice Standard (February 2015) https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2013-12/documents/standard-for-safer-products.pdf]

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