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JOURNAL OF DISPERSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 1-3, Pages 374-379Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2011.567162
Keywords
Alkylbenzene sulfonate; cationic surfactant; interfacial tension; nonionic surfactant; zwitterionic surfactant
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- National Science & Technology Major Project of China [2008ZX05010, 2008ZX05011]
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This article aims to compare the interfacial activities of different kinds of surfactants in the same oil/water system. The anionic surfactants of alkylbenzene sulfonates, the polyoxyethylenated nonionic surfactants, the cationic surfactants of alkyl trimethyl ammonium chlorides, and the zwitterionic surfactants of alkyl hydroxyl sulfobetaines were used, and the interfacial tensions of the surfactant solutions against kerosene at different NaCl concentrations were measured. It is found that the interfacial activities of the alkylbenzene sulfonates are high and ultralow interfacial tensions (<0.01 mN/m) can be obtained at proper salinities. While, the nonionic surfactants have relatively low interfacial activities and the minimum tensions are around 0.01 mN/ms. The salinity scanning curves of the alkylbenzene sulfonates and nonionic surfactants decrease first, then increase, showing their interfacial activities can be changed by the salinity effectively. The cationic and zwitterionic surfactants have very low interfacial activities, of which all the tensions are higher than 0.1 mN/ms and are hard to be changed by the salinity. The experimental results may have important reference values for enhanced oil recovery.
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