Interfacial composition, structural and thermodynamic parameters of water/(surfactant+n-butanol)/n-heptane water-in-oil microemulsion formation in relation to the surfactant chain length

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-484

  De, Mrinmoy ^a,b,c   Bhattacharya, Subhash C ^c   Moulik, Satya P ^c   Panda, Amiya K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^b BEHALA COLLEGE   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cosurfactant; Dilution technique; Structural parameter; Surfactant; Thermodynamic parameters; Water in oil microemulsion

Indexed keywords

CO-SURFACTANTS; DILUTION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SURFACTANT; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; WATER-IN-OIL MICROEMULSION;

ALCOHOLS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CHAIN LENGTH; DYES; HEPTANE; LAKES; MICROEMULSIONS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78651361027     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-010-1186-7     Document Type: Article

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