Enhanced solubilization of phenanthrene in Triton X-100 solutions by the addition of small amounts of chitosan

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-453

  Chatterjee, Sudipta ^a   Chatterjee, Tania ^a   Woo, Seung H ^a  

^a Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Phenanthrene; Solubilization; Surfactant; Triton X 100

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS MIXTURES; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; MIXTURE COMPOSITIONS; MULTIPLE FACTORS; NONIONIC; OPTIMAL CONCENTRATION; PHENANTHRENE; POLYMER AGGREGATES; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT TRITON-X; TRITON X-100;

ANTHRACENE; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICELLES; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; OPTIMIZATION;

SOLUBILITY;

EID: 77956650446     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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