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Surfactant vs Fluorosurfactant - What's the difference?

surfactant | fluorosurfactant |

As nouns the difference between surfactant and fluorosurfactant

is that surfactant is a surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail" while fluorosurfactant is a fluorinated surfactant, any of various synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms.

surfactant

English

(wikipedia surfactant)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) A surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail".
  • (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.

    • fluorosurfactant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia fluorosurfactant)
  • A fluorinated surfactant, any of various synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms.