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Mixed micellization of anionic–nonionic surfactants in aqueous media: a physicochemical study with theoretical consideration

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Mixed micellization of binary and ternary mixtures of anionic and nonionic surfactants, such as lithium dodecyl sulfate, polyoxyethylene(23)laurylether, and polyoxyethylene-tert-octylphenylether, is studied in aqueous solution using tensiometric, conductometric, and spectrophotometric methods. Although tensiometry and conductometry complement each other closely, the spectroscopic critical micellar concentration (cmc) is far from agreement with tensiometric study. Several parameters, e.g., cmc, degree of counterion binding, free energies of micellization, and interfacial adsorption, have been evaluated. Established theories of Clint, Rosen, Rubingh, Motomura, Georgiev, Maeda, and Blankschtein were applied to evaluate the mole fraction of different components in the self-aggregated phase, the interaction parameter, free energy contributions, and expected cmc.

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TC thanks CSIR, Government of India, for financial assistance during this work. The authors are grateful to the University Grant Commission, New Delhi, for financial assistance extended through DRS Projects.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, North Bengal University, Darjeeling, 734013, India

    Chanchal Das & Bijan Das

  2. Centre for Surface Science, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 700 032, India

    Tanushree Chakraborty & Soumen Ghosh

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Das, C., Chakraborty, T., Ghosh, S. et al. Mixed micellization of anionic–nonionic surfactants in aqueous media: a physicochemical study with theoretical consideration. Colloid Polym Sci 286, 1143–1155 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-008-1876-0

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