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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2019, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (7): 419-425.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2019.07.001

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Foamability of vanillin-based nonionic surfactants with different ethoxy chain length

LI Ju-long1,2,DING Feng-mei1,2,ZHOU Xiang1,2(),XING Zhi-qi1,ZHAO Tao1,2   

  1. 1. College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • Received:2018-12-19 Revised:2019-06-08 Online:2019-07-25 Published:2019-07-26
  • Contact: Xiang ZHOU E-mail:xzhou@dhu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The vanillin-based polyoxyethylene ethers(VAEO)with ethoxylated(EO)segments of 8, 10 and 12 EO units were studied by the foaming test. Nonylphenol ethoxylate with 10 EO units(NPEO10)was also investigated for comparison. The results show that the foamability of VAEO series is poor, and the foamability even becomes worse with the increase of EO number. For the same surfactant, the foamability first increases and then decreases with the increase of concentration. By analyzing the dynamic surface tension data in the early stage(less than 500 ms)and the static surface tension data of VAEO and NPEO10, it was found that the difference between static and dynamic surface tension was small, indicating that the restoring force was small and the foamability of the VAEO series was poor. Molecular dynamics were used to simulate the aggregation and migration of NPEO10 and VAEO8 in water, by which the effects of molecular structure on foamability were explored in combination with the dynamic surface tension within 100 ms. The results show that, the lower tendency of VAEO8 for aggregation in water makes it adsorb to the gas-liquid interface more easily during foaming, resulting in a low dynamic surface tension value, which is not good for foamability.

Key words: vanillin-based polyoxyethylene ether, foamability, dynamic surface tension, molecular dynamics simulation

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423.2