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J G Alvarez-Ramírez1, V V A Fernández, E R Macías
1Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Guadalajara, Boul. M. García Barragán #1451, Guadalajara, Jal. 44430, Mexico.
Abstract:
The detailed temperature-composition phase diagram of the P103/water system in the dilute and semidilute regions is reported here using density and ultrasound velocity measurements, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), rheometry and dynamic (DLS) and static light scattering (SLS). These techniques allow a precise determination of the critical micellar temperature (CMT), the sphere-to-rod micellar transition temperature (GMT) and the cloud point temperature (CPT) as a function of concentration. DLS and SLS measurements were employed to gain information on unimers and aggregate sizes and on the transition from spherical-to-rod micelles.
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