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Critical evaluation of micellization behavior of nonionic surfactant MEGA 10 in comparison with ionic surfactant
Madhumita Prasad1, Indranil Chakraborty, Animesh K Rakshit
1Center for Surface Science, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Abstract:
The micellization behavior of MEGA 10 has been studied at nine different temperatures by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), and thermodynamics of the process have been evaluated and examined in detail. The aggregation number of the nonionic surfactant has been estimated from the ITC results by a simulation procedure based on the mass action principle of micellization of the surfactant. The cmc of MEGA 10 has shown a minimum in temperature dependence as observed for ionic surfactants. For a comparison, the cmc and related thermodynamic parameters of an ionic surfactant, tetradecyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (C(14)TPB) studied at several temperatures in aqueous medium has been considered. The contributions of the headgroups of both the surfactants to the free energies of their respective micellization have been deciphered and presented.
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