The market for industrial surfactants in the 1990s - an overview, A.H. Turner and J.H. Houston. Part 1 Innovation: surfactants and the environment - some recent developments, G. Bognolo et al; synthesis of polymerizable surfactant and its application to emulsion polymerization, K. Yokota et al; comb copolymers - a unique class of polymer surfactants, G. Kruger et al. Part 2 Anionic surfactants: the structure, performance, and environmental aspects of linear alkylbenzene sulphonate, R. Fellows and F.W. Heywood; recent advances in the chemistry of ethoxylated ethanesulphonate surfactants, P.K.G. Hodgson and N.J. Stewart; applications of N-acyl sarcosine surfactants, J.J. Crudden et al. Part 3 Nonionic surfactants: alkylglycoside surfactants - synthesis and properties, J. Thiem and T. Bocker; applications of 3-alkyloxypropylamines and their derivatives, M.L. Durrant. Part 4 Cationic and amphoteric surfactants: industrial applications of 2-alkyl imidazolines and their derivatives, F.B. Richardson; betaine esters - quaternary ammonium compounds with time-limited activity, L. Edebo et al; production and application of sulphobetaines, W. Kurze. Part 5 Applications: diacid - a hydrotrope of unusual structure, S.E. Friberg; the use of chemicals in oilfield demulsification, B. Rowan; the chemistry and uses of food grade emulsifiers, J.A. Wellard and A.J. Davidson.