Rheological Properties of Cosmetics
and Toiletries
edited by Dennis Laba

This useful reference covers all of the important rheological aspects of cosmetic and toiletry formulations, including theoretical physical chemistry, instrumentation and measuring techniques, raw materials, and stability predictions.

Written by noted experts and containing over 700 literature citations, tables, figures, and display equations, Rheological Properties of Cosmetics and Toiletries is an outstanding resource for cosmetic scientists and technologists; physical, surface, and colloid chemists; cosmetic and toiletry formulators; and graduate-level and continuing- education students in these disciplines.

This book leads you through the subject in a very logical fashion. Repetition of basic concepts has been kept to a minimum and the focus on the topic remains strong throughout the chapters of the book. This book is a good working-knowledge tool giving the reader a clear organization of individual articles, making this a most useful book on rheology.

Rheological Properties of Cosmetics and Toiletries:

• gives practical examples and procedures to help avoid common rheological mistakes
• provides detailed examinations of rheological additives and describes their properties, pH stability, sensitivities, and primary uses
• illustrates the broad applications of the most up-to-date instruments
• explains various stability tests and their uses in many different products
• furnishes a general summary of rheology
• supplies in-depth discussions of the specific rheological requirements of nail polish, antiperspirants and deodorants, dentrifrices, hair care products, creams and lotions
• and much more!

Contents

1. The Flow of Cosmetics and Toiletries
2. Introduction to Rheology
3. Instrumentation
4. Rheological Additives
5. Nail Product Rheology
6. Antiperspirant/Deodorant Rheology
7. Dentifrice Rheology
8. The Rheology of Hair Products
9. Emulsion Rheology: Creams and Lotions
10. Predicting Stability in Rheologically Modified Systems
11. Rheological Profiles

Index

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