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The formation of molecular aggregation structures in ternary system: Aerosol OT/water/iso-octane

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The phase equlibrium diagram for the ternary system: Aerosol OT / water / iso-octane is established at 25 °C. In this diagram it is noticed that the reversed micellar solution or microemulsion phase extends in its area so far as the water content reaches 50–60 (wt.%) at which liquid crystalline phase begins to appear. On the experimental data of electric conductivity, viscosity, optical birefringence, etc. for the samples containing a definite amount of AOT (0.28 M), and various relative amounts of water and iso-octane, the mechanism of the transition of reversed micellar structures into lamellar liquid crystalline structures is discussed from the viewpoint of thermodynamics and molecular kinetic theories.

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Das Phasendiagramm vom ternären System: Aerosol OT / Wasser / Iso-octan bei 25 °C ist angegeben. In diesem Diagramm ist zu bemerken, daß die Phase der inversen mizellaren Lösung oder Mikroemulsion so weit entwickelt ist, daß ihr Wassergehalt 50–60 (gew.%) erreicht, wobei flüssige Kristalle erscheinen. Auf Grund der experimentellen Daten der elektrischen Leitfähigkeit, Viskosität, optischen Doppelbrechung usw., von den Proben mit dem bestimmten AOT-Gehalt (0,28M) wird der Mechanismus der Umwandlung von inversen mizellaren Strukturen zu lamellaren flüssigen Kristallen aus dem Gesichtspunkt der Thermodynamik und molekularkinetischen Theorie diskutiert.

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Tamamushi, B., Watanabe, N. The formation of molecular aggregation structures in ternary system: Aerosol OT/water/iso-octane. Colloid & Polymer Sci 258, 174–178 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01498277

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