In an attempt to provide an overview of compounds that lower the surface tension between two liquids or between a liquid and a solid, the long essay focus on the chemistry of surfactants and their applications in detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, and dispersants. The classification of surfactants base on their uses was made considering the most accepted and scientifically sound classification based on their dissociation in water. Polymeric surfactants were also concisely discussed.

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Aliyu Ahmad Warra did his Bsc Biochemistry in 1999 at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. Postgraduate Diploma in Education in 2004 at Waziri Umaru Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria. Posgraduate Diploma in Chemistry at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. Training in Recombinant DNA Technology in 2008 at Ahmad Bello University, Zaria.