Re: What is Tween?

Sil Horwitz (silh@iag.net)
Sun, 11 Aug 1996 17:21:42 -0400

At 06:09 AM 960812 +1000, David Soemarko wrote:
>I am reading an article by Mike Shorter on how to make your own pigment
>tissue. The formula for plasticiser calls for Tween 20. What is it? And where
>can one get it?

The Tween family is a group of surfactants. All the major scientific dealers
who handle chemicals have it. Fisher Scientific, for one. If you can't find
a source, e-mail me directly and tell me where you are located and I can
probably look up a place near you. But it is a standard laboratory reagent.

Sil Horwitz, FPSA
Technical Editor, PSA Journal
silh@iag.net