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JOURNAL OF DISPERSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 129-137Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01932690903110160
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Alkanols; gemini surfactant; mixed micelles; synergism
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The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of cationic gemini surfactant 1,4-butanediyl-alpha, omega-bis(dimethylcetylammonium bromide; C-16-C-4-C-16) with and without additives (primary linear alcohols: butanol (C4OH), pentanol (C5OH), hexanol (C6OH), heptanol (C7OH), octanol (C8OH)) is measured by surface tension measurements using a du Nouy tensiometer in aqueous solution at 303 K. The CMC of C-16-C-4-C-16 decreased with increasing alcohol concentration and the effect followed the order: C8OH>C7OH>C6OH>C5OH>C4OH. The surfactant concentration required to reduce the surface tension of the solvent by 20 mN/m, C-20, ratio of C-20 and CMC, maximum surface excess, Gamma(max), and minimum surface area per molecule, A(min), were evaluated from surface tension versus logC(t) (C-t is the total surfactant concentration) plots. Mixed micelles were formed and the CMC values of the mixtures were used to compute beta(m), the interaction parameter for mixed micelle formation in aqueous medium, beta(sigma), the interaction parameter for mixed monolayer formation at the aqueous solution/air interface, and the respective activity coefficients (f(1) and f(2)). The standard Gibbs energy of adsorption (Delta G(ads)(0)) was also evaluated. We observed synergism in C-16-C-4-C-16/alkanol systems at all concentration ratios.
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