Ultrasonic relaxation studies of mixed micelles formed from alcohol-decyltrimethylammonium bromide-water
- Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (Canada)
- A. Mickiewicz Univ., Poznan (Poland); and others
This paper discusses how ultrasonic relaxation and conductance studies of alcohol (1-pentanol or 1-butanol)-DTAB-water mixed micelles reveal two relaxation frequencies related to the exchange of monomer surfactant and of alcohol between the micelles and the bulk phase. Conductance and time-resolved fluorescence measurements were used to obtain the alcohol distribution coefficients, micelle ionization, critical micellar concentration, and the alcohol and surfactant mean aggregation numbers. Using two models (Aniansson and Hall & Wyn-Jones), information about the forward and backward rate constants, polydispersity of the mixed micelles and the change in volumes of the two exchange processes are obtained and compared with 1-propanol-DTAB-water. Alcohol chain length influence on thermodynamics and kinetics is also discussed. 16 refs., 12 figs., 6 tabs.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 468098
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physical Chemistry, Vol. 96, Issue 16; Other Information: PBD: 6 Aug 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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