DEFOAMING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AMPHIPHILIC PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME
Disclosed herein are methods of defoaming industrial process streams, the methods comprising adding to the industrial process stream an emulsion stabilized by amphiphilic particles, wherein the amphiphilic particles comprise at least one hydrophobic surface and at least one hydrophilic surface, and wherein the emulsion comprises silicone emulsion droplets in a continuous aqueous phase. Also disclosed herein are defoamer compositions comprising amphiphilic particles and methods of making such compositions.