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The conductances of hexadecylpyridinium chloride (HPyCl) + tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) mixtures over the entire mole fraction range of HPyCl (αHPyCl) were measured in aqueous binary mixtures of ethylene glycol monomethyl ether, ethylene glycol monoethyl ether, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, diethylene glycol monomethyl ether, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether containing 10 to 30 wt% additive in their respective binary mixtures at 30°C. Each conductivity curve showed a single break over the whole mole fraction range of HPyCl + TTAB mixtures. From the break in the conductivity curve, various micellar parameters were calculated and the results were discussed on the basis of alkoxyethanol's hydrophobic hydration of the mixed micelle. The micellar parameters of HPyCl, TTAB, and of their mixtures showed a strong dependence both on the amount and on the number of repeating units of ethylene and diethylene glycol derivatives. The hydrophobic hydration was considerably higher in the case of diethylene glycol derivatives owing to the presence of an extra ether oxygen. An evaluation of the non-ideality in the HPyCl + TTAB mixtures in the presence of additives revealed that alkoxyethanols reduce the unlike surfactant monomer interactions in order to form the mixed micelles in comparison to those in pure water. It has also been observed that such interactions systematically decrease with an increase in the number of repeating units from monomethyl ether to monobutyl ether, both in the case of ethylene and diethylene glycol derivatives.
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Singh Bakshi, M., Doe, H. Hydrophobic hydration of cationic mixed micelles by alkoxyethanols in aqueous media. J Surfact Deterg 3, 497–504 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-000-0149-5
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