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surfactant

Substance that lowers the surface tension
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Summary

surfactant is a class of chemical substances by use[1]. surfactant ranks in the top 9% of class of chemical substances by use entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,556 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: chemical substance[3]
  • Part of: detergent[4], fire extinguishing agent[5], cosmetics[6], laundry detergent[7], paint[8]
  • Has use: reduction[9]
  • Commons category: Surfactants[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Surfactants[11]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

surfactant has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] surfactant is known by 111 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q37810035. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 130XXo
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0229054-tenzidy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0229054-tenzidy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → detergent, fire extinguishing agent, cosmetics +2
    Subclass of → chemical substance
    Instance of → —
    Part of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ Yso id: 39026, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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