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Surfactants in Milk

A surfactant is basically just a tiny microscopic compound with one particular property. As air bubbles are created, surfactants wince their way over into those air bubbles. To show you exactly how a surfactant works, we gotta get a bit... um, raunchy. But what is the surfactant in milk? Because I really hope it's not dishwashing liquid.

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