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The influence of temperature on the composition of mixed monolayer formed at the methyl alcohol/acetic acid aqueous solution was examined by surface tension measurements. Surface tension of various two-component solutions was obtained at 10, 20 and 28 °C temperatures in the 0–0.5 M range of bulk concentration of alcohol and acid, respectively. Three independent methods, i.e., the Gibbs adsorption equation (GAE), regular solution approximation (RSA) and Butler adsorption isotherm (BAI) were applied to calculate surface composition of the methyl alcohol/ acetic acid mixed monolayer. It was shown that in the temperature range of 10–28 °C the surface molar fraction of the solutes remained constant for the fixed bulk concentration of alcohol and acid. Additionally, based on the RSA and BAI methods, we showed there were no interactions between solute molecules in the mixed monolayer in the studied range of concentrations.
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Received: 18 December 1997 Accepted: 8 May 1998
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Rychlicka-Rybska, J. Influence of temperature on the composition of mixed monolayer formed at the methyl alcohol/acetic acid aqueous solutio–air interface. Colloid Polym Sci 276, 1140–1144 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960050356
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960050356