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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2019, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (2): 63-69.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-1803.2019.02.001

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The emulsibility of cleavable vanillin-based nonionic surfactants

Feng-mei DING1,2,Xiang ZHOU1,2(),Ju-long LI1,2,Zhi-qi XING1   

  1. 1.College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
    2.Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textiles, Ministry of Education (Donghua University), Shanghai 201620, China
  • Received:2018-06-15 Revised:2019-01-22 Online:2019-02-22 Published:2019-03-15
  • Contact: Xiang ZHOU E-mail:xzhou@dhu.edu.cn

Abstract:

A series of environment-friendly nonionic surfactants, vanillin 1,2-octanediolacetal polyoxyethylene ethers (VAEO) with acetal structure, have been successfully synthesized previously. The surface activity and emulsibility of VAEOnn=6-24) were studied, which were also compared with that of nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether (NPEO10). The results show that, as the polyoxyethylene chain length (n) of VAEOn increased, the abilities of VAEOn to reduce the surface tension/interfacial tension and to emulsify paraffin are both decreased. As for the VAEOn with low degree of EO polymerization (n=6-10), their surface activity and emulsibility are similar to those of NPEO10. The ability of VAEOn to reduce oil-water interfacial tension is worse than that of NPEO10. The software "Material Studio" is used to simulate VAEOn and NPEO10 in emulsifying paraffin in water, showing that the paraffin aggregated faster for the VAEOn with longer polyoxyethylene chain length, which is consistent with the experimental results by split-phase method.

Key words: vanillin-based surfactant, cleavable, emulsibility, surface activity, nonylphenol polyoxyethylene ether

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423.2