Cationic surfactant is a positively charged surfactant and refers to a hydrophilic base whose molecules are dissolved in water and attached to a lipophilic base. The lipophilic base is usually a long carbon chain hydrocarbon base. Most hydrophilic bases are cations containing nitrogen atoms, and few are cations containing sulfur or phosphorus atoms.
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