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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2019, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (11): 721-726.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2019.11.004

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Study on the phase behaviors of the mixtures of narrow-distribution sodium fatty alcohol ether sulfate and tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide

WANG Xin-gang,YANG Xiao-yi(),SUN Yong-qiang,GUO Chao-hua,LI Ping,LI Jian-bo   

  1. China Research Institute of Daily Chemical Co., Ltd., Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
  • Received:2019-03-20 Revised:2019-10-30 Online:2019-11-22 Published:2019-11-26
  • Contact: Xiao-yi YANG E-mail:yxywlyzx@163.com

Abstract:

The phase behaviors of the mixtures of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) and narrow-distribution sodium fatty alcohol ether sulfate (N-AEnS) containing different number of oxyethylene units(EO) (n) were investigated, as well as the mechanism of the formation of aqueous two-phase systems (ASTP) of N-AE5S/TTAB. The phase behaviors of N-AEnS/TTAB (n = 3, 5, 7, 9) with different molar ratios and concentrations were studied by static surface tension, macroscopic phase behavior and microscopic aggregate morphology. The results showed that with the increase of EO number, the mixtures of N-AEnS/TTAB appear to be milky white liquid (n = 3), phase separation (n = 5) , bluish transparent liquid (n = 7) and colourless transparent liquid (n = 9) . Corresponding microscopic morphologies are spherical aggregates (n = 3) , rod-shaped aggregates (n = 5) , spherical aggregates (n = 7) , and no aggregates in N-AE9S/TTAB. Electrostatic interaction and hydrophobic interaction play major roles in the formation of ASTP of N-AE5S/TTAB.

Key words: narrow-distribution sodium fatty alcohol ether sulfate, mixture, phase behavior, aqueous two-phase system

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423