Interdroplet attractive forces in AOT water-in-oil microemulsions formed in subcritical and supercritical solvents

Journal Article · Thu Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100368a051· OSTI ID:6924506

Tingey, J M; Fulton, J L; Smith, R D ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)

The van der Waals attractive interactions between aqueous droplets in water-in-oil type microemulsions have been investigated for a range of continuous-phase solvents including the alkanes from methane to isooctane and the noble gases, krypton and xenon. Hamaker constants for water droplets with surfactant shells of the sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) in subcritical and supercritical solvents were calculated by using Lifshitz theory and the resulting interaction potential calculations qualitatively account for many features of the phase behavior of these systems.

• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 6924506
• Journal Information: Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 94:5; ISSN 0022-3654
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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