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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2023, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (12): 1392-1397.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2097-2806.2023.12.005

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Oil-in-water high internal phase emulsions solely stabilized by modified oil ethoxylates

Yanan Han1,Xiumei Tai1,*(),Ying Liu2,Tao Geng1,Yanyun Bai1,Lingxiao Guo1   

  1. 1. China Research Institute of Daily Chemistry Co., Ltd., Taiyuan, Shanxi 030001, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Green Cleaning Technology & Detergent of Zhejiang Province, Lishui, Zhejiang 323000, China
  • Received:2022-11-14 Revised:2023-12-03 Online:2023-12-22 Published:2024-01-12
  • Contact: * E-mail: ttxmgh@163.com.

Abstract:

A series of oil-in-water high internal phase emulsions with volume fraction 86% of oil phase of sweet almond oil were prepared by using 1.5 wt% modified oil ethoxylates as the single emulsifier. The effects of different EO addition numbers and carbon chain lengths on the particle size and rheological properties of emulsions were studied by optical microscope and rheometer. The results showed that, the emulsifying ability first increased and then decreased with the increase of EO number for high internal phase emulsion stabilized with modified shea butter. The high internal phase emulsions prepared with coconut oil ethoxylate and palm kernel oil ethoxylate both with carbon chain length of C12-14 showed similar viscosity and storage modulus (G'). However, the viscosity and G' of the high internal phase emulsion prepared with shea butter ethoxylate with carbon chain length of C16-18 were higher. In addition, the differences between different samples were explained from the perspective of EO number distribution and carbon chain distribution. All the high internal phase emulsions thus prepared had excellent stability and could be potentially used in cosmetics, food, drug delivery, encapsulation materials, etc.

Key words: modified oil ethoxylate, oil-in-water high internal phase emulsion, different EO addition numbers, different carbon chain lengths

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423