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Micelles of Oxyethylated Isononylphenols in Aqueous Solutions and Hydrophilic-Lipophilic Balance
Victor P Arkhipov1, Ruslan Arkhipov2, Andrei Filippov3,4
1Kazan National Research Technological University, 420015 Kazan, Russia.
Abstract:
We have measured the self-diffusion coefficients and calculated the effective hydrodynamic radii of micelles of ethoxylated isononylphenols in aqueous solutions in the presence of sodium chloride, as well as in their binary mutual mixtures, when approaching cloudy conditions. These cloudy conditions were created by an increase in temperature, a change in the concentration of an electrolyte in the solution, or a mutual ratio of neonols in their binary mixtures. The results are discussed within the concept of the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance.
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