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Critical Behavior in a Microemulsion System. II — Experimental Evidence for a Continuous Variation of Critical Exponents

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We present light scattering results obtained for a four-component microemulsion system in several distinct positions of a critical line. This line starts at a critical end point. The critical points were approached either by raising the temperature at fixed composition (path I) or by increasing the water over surfactant ratio (denoted X) at constant temperature (path II). For each critical point investigated, the critical exponents V and γ associated with the X variable (path II) are close to those obtained with the temperature (path I). They vary continuously from the Ising values to largely smaller ones as the critical end point is approached. This complex critical behavior is discussed in relation with the phase diagram findings.

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  1. IBM Corporate Technical Institutes, 500 Columbus Ave., Thornwood, NY, 10594, USA

    Kashmiri Lal Mittal M.Sc.(First Class First), Ph.D. (Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and Indian Chemial Society) (Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and Indian Chemial Society)

  2. Centre de Recherches Paul Pascal, Domaine Universitaire, F-33405, Talence Cedex, France

    P. Bothorel (Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bordeaux, Assistant Director, Scientific Director of the GRECO “Microemulsions” (French cooperative action on microemulsions), consultant to the French Oil Company) (Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bordeaux, Assistant Director, Scientific Director of the GRECO “Microemulsions” (French cooperative action on microemulsions), consultant to the French Oil Company)

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Bellocq, A.M., Honorat, P., Roux, D. (1986). Critical Behavior in a Microemulsion System. II — Experimental Evidence for a Continuous Variation of Critical Exponents. In: Mittal, K.L., Bothorel, P. (eds) Surfactants in Solution. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1833-0_11

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