From property to application
Connect tension, wetting, foam, or dispersion behaviour to a controlled cleaning or material-interaction endpoint.
Formulation Science
Surfactant Performance and Characterization
Tandell helps formulators and raw-material suppliers compare surfactants and surfactant systems through controlled physical-property and application-performance measurements.
Project pathwaysBenchmarkingDevelopmentClaims support
What we evaluate
Controlled variables. Relevant outcomes.
The final design is selected around your product format, use conditions, competitive set, target claim, and required level of control.
- Static and dynamic surface or interfacial tension
- Wetting, spreading, contact angle, and substrate interaction
- Foam generation, drainage, stability, and structure
- Cleaning, emulsification, dispersion, and concentration effects
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Methods & protocols
- Concentration-response studies
- Dynamic foam and tension measurements
- Application-specific detergency and wetting protocols
- Rheology, appearance, microscopy, and separation analysis where relevant
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What you receive
- Raw-material and supplier comparisons
- Formulation-screening data
- Performance-property relationships
- Technical documentation for R&D decisions
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Project coordination
- Method-selection guidance
- Sample and timing coordination
- Direct technical communication
- Clear final reporting
Products evaluated
Testing across the complete category.
Programs are adapted to the product format, marketed use, application method, substrate, soil, dose, and competitive context.
01Anionic, nonionic, cationic, amphoteric, and blended systems
02Primary and secondary surfactants
03Hydrotropes, emulsifiers, wetting agents, and foam modifiers
04HI&I cleaning, agricultural, automotive, and industrial formulations
05Raw-material substitutions and concentration studies
06Customer-defined surfactant and formulation systems
Specialized programs
Go beyond a single cleaning score.
Condition and concentration
Compare performance across concentration, water quality, temperature, pH, ageing, or other variables relevant to use.
Raw-material decisions
Generate independent evidence for supplier qualification, second-sourcing, reformulation, cost optimization, or troubleshooting.
Related expertise
Connect application testing with measurement.
Surface tension, contact angle, foam structure, microscopy, colour, gloss, rheology, and controlled separation analysis can help explain why products perform differently.
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Plan a surfactants study.
Our technical team will help define a practical test program around your product, benchmark, claim, or development objective.
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