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Extraction and Characterization of Surfactants from Atmospheric Aerosols
Published on: April 21, 2017
Adsorption of anionic surfactant at the electrode-NaClO4 solution interface
Dorota Gugała-Fekner1, Jolanta Nieszporek1, Dorota Sieńko1
1Faculty of Chemistry, M.Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
Abstract:
Adsorption of 1-decanesulfonic acid at the electrode-NaClO4 solution interface was determined by double-layer differential capacity measurements. At potentials less than -1,200 mV, the adsorption of the anionic surfactant on the electrode does not occur. Low concentrations of the anionic surfactant (below cmc) causes slight changes in the zero charge potential, Ez, and the surface tension at this potential, γz. The adsorption of the anionic surfactant was analyzed using the constants obtained from the following isotherms: Frumkin, corrected Flory-Huggins, and virial.
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