Foaming reason, antifoaming mechanism, main chemical components and types of an-tifoamers are introduced in details. Applications of some commercial antifoamers are summarized in details.

• 详细介绍了泡沫产生原因、消泡机理、消泡剂主要化学成分和类型,概述了工业用消泡物质及在相关工业中消泡剂的应用情况。