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Effect of Cosurfactant on Intermediate Phase Formation in Systems Containing Alkyl Ethoxylate Nonionic Surfactant, Water and Lubricant  

Lim, Jong Choo (Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Dongguk University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.16, no.6, 2005 , pp. 778-784 More about this Journal
Abstract
It has been found that the addition of cosurfactant is necessary in order to expand three phase region containing middle phase microemulsion in ternary systems containing alkyl ethoxylate (AEO) nonionic surfactant, commercial lubricant and water. Phase behavior in the surfactant systems with addition of cosurfactant over a temperature range of 30 to $60^{\circ}C$ showed different trends depending on surfactant, temperature and chain length of alcohol added. For the $C_{12}E_4$ system, addition of n-pentanol and n-hexanol both produced a three phase region over a wide range of temperatures but the middle-phase formed was found to be a $L_3$ or D' phase which would not facilitate solubilization of high molecular weight lubricants. On the other hand, for the $C_{12}E_5$ system, the middle-phase microemulsion was found to be formed with addition of a rather long-chain alcohol such as n-hexanol, n-heptanol, n-octanol, or n-nonanol. The results shown with the addition of cosurfactant was understood in connection with interfacial tension measurements and composition analysis. The inability of the hydrocarbon region of the surfactant films to incorporate the large lubricant molecules and high solubility of a hydrophobic surfactant are thought to be the chief reasons for poor solubilization with D' phase.
Keywords
nonionic surfactant; cosurfactant; middle-phase microemulsion D phase; $L_3$ phase; interfacial tension;
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