What is sodium alkyl phosphate?
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As the title suggests: Is there such a substance as sodium alkyl phosphate? I couldn’t find information about its physical and chemical properties online; I hope someone can help me out
This requires knowing which specific alkyl group it is Alkyl groups range from carbon 1 to carbon dozens, and there are also isomers, totaling well into the tens of thousands. Another reason why you can’t find it is that you wrote ‘phosphon’ as ‘phosphorus’.
A type of anionic surfactant belonging to the alkyl phosphate category; it is obtained by combining the mono- and di-esters of normal phosphoric acid with fatty alcohols having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, along with sodium phosphate. Mainly used for emulsification, corrosion prevention, industrial cleaning, textile auxiliaries, etc