Superspreading of Trisiloxane Surfactant Mixtures on Hydrophobic Surfaces. 1. Interfacial Adsorption of Aqueous Trisiloxane Surfactant−N-Alkyl Pyrrolidinone Mixtures on Polyethylene

Autor: Yongfu Wu, Milton J. Rosen and
Rok vydání: 2001
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Zdroj: Langmuir. 17:7296-7305
ISSN: 1520-5827
0743-7463
DOI: 10.1021/la010466a
Popis: Interfacial adsorptions of aqueous solutions of trisiloxane surfactant (SILWET L77), N-alkyl pyrrolidinones [N-butyl-(C4P), N-cyclohexyl-(CHP), N-hexyl-(C6P), N-2-ethyhexyl-(C2,6P), N-octyl-(C8P), and N-decyl-(C10P)], and their mixtures have been measured. The adsorptions at the air/aqueous solution interface were obtained from the plots of surface tension versus log(C) by use of the Gibbs equation. The adsorptions onto the powdered polyethylene surface were determined by the use of UV spectroscopy for pyrrolidinones and two-phase titration for SILWET L77, respectively. The adsorptions at the solid/air interface were evaluated by the use of an equation derived from the Gibbs and Young equations. It was found that the addition of the N-alkyl pyrrolidinones to the solution produces little or no enhancement of the total surfactant adsorption at the air/aqueous solution interface. At the solid/aqueous solution interface, the enhancement effectiveness of the pyrrolidinones decreases in the order C2,6P > C8P > ...
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