From rosin purified abietic acid was prepared by using abietic acid as stared material acylamino surfactant was synthesized by maleric anhydride and diethanolamine.
The authors discuss the applications of rosin and its derivant,including nonsulfide flotation and flotation separation of nonferrous metallic ions and organic compound from aqueous solution.
Two products of the forest, rosin and turpentine, were of service to man long before the making of paper from wood pulp and even before the lumber industry was started.