Surfactant imhando yemakomboni. Inogona kuderedza kusawirirana kwepamusoro kwepakati pezvinwiwa zviviri, pakati pegasi uye mvura, kana pakati pemvura uye yakasimba. Nekudaro, hunhu hwayo hunoita kuti ive yakakosha sema detergents, wetting agents, emulsifiers, foaming agents, uye dispersants.

Masurfactants anowanzo organic amphiphilic molecules ane hydrophilic uye hydrophobic mapoka, kazhinji amphiphilic organic compounds, ane hydrophobic mapoka ("miswe") uye hydrophilic mapoka ("misoro"). Naizvozvo, ivo vanonyungudika mune organic solvents nemvura.

Classification of Surfactant
(1) Anionic surfactant
(2) Cationic surfactant
(3) Zwitterionic surfactant
(4) Nonionic surfactant