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What are tensides?

Brenda Barlow  Follow

I don't remember to have seen the term tensid outside the context of the German language.

The term is typically applied to agents that decrease the surface tension (hence tensid) of water. Note that the logic behind the English equivalent surfactant is just the same.

So, in summary tensid and surfactant mean the same.

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Dan G  Follow

I have seen the term "tensider" (likely meaning "surfactants") on labels in Swedish too, this is probably because Swedish is a Germanic language. All sources I could find seem to confirm that it is just a word for surfactants. I have seen the word used in German as well.

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