Physico-chemical studies on microemulsion: Effect of cosurfactant chain length on the phase behavior, formation dynamics, structural parameters and viscosity of water/(Polysorbate-20 + n-Alkanol)/n-heptane water-in-oil microemulsion

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-486

  Paul, Sujoy ^a   Panda, Amiya Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Light scattering; Microemulsion; n Alkanol; Polysorbate 20; Thermodynamic parameter; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CO-SURFACTANTS; CONDENSATION EFFECTS; COOLING PROCESS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; FORMATION DYNAMICS; IONIC SURFACTANTS; MICROEMULSION SYSTEMS; MONOLAURATE; N-ALKANOL; N-BUTANOL; N-OCTANOL; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; POLYSORBATE-20; SIZE DEPENDENCY; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; VISCOSITY DATA; WATER POOLS; WATER-IN-OIL MICROEMULSIONS;

CHAIN LENGTH; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; HEPTANE; LAKES; PHASE SEPARATION; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

MICROEMULSIONS;

EID: 80053986615     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: 15589293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-011-1256-5     Document Type: Article

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