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COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 286, Issue 8-9, Pages 927-934Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-008-1850-x
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aerosol-OT; critical micelle concentration; counterion; thermodynamic parameters
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Different tetraalkylammonium, viz. N+(CH3)(4), N+(C2H5)(4), N+(C3H7)(4), N+(C4H9)(4) along with simple ammonium salts of bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinic acid have been prepared by ion-exchange technique. The critical micelle concentration of surfactants with varied counterions have been determined by measuring surface tension and conductivity within the temperature range 283-313 K. Counterion ionization constant, alpha, and thermodynamic parameters for micellization process viz., Delta G(m)(0), Delta H-m(0), and Delta S-m(0) and also the surface parameters, Gamma(max) and A(min), in aqueous solution have been determined. Large negative Delta G(m)(0) of micellization for all the above counterions supports the spontaneity of micellization. The value of standard free energy, Delta G(m)(0) m, for different counterions followed the order N+(CH3)(4) > NH4+ > Na+ > N+(C2H5)(4) > N+(C3H7)(4) > N+(C4H9)(4), at a given temperature. This result can be well explained in terms of bulkiness and nature of hydration of the counterion together with hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions.
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