Article Images (0)
×![]()
featured_play_listSave article to folder
X
Create new folder
Full Text
PDF
Table of Contents
Abstract
Abstract
It is commonly observed that macromolecular mixtures in a common solvent phase separate with each component enriched in its respective phase. In this case the segregative phase behavior between the anionic polymer polystyrene sulfonate and the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate has been studied in water. In particular, the effect of additives on the phase behavior has been studied. The additives are sodium chloride, hexanol, octanol, and octane. With the exception of sodium chloride these additives are practically insoluble in water but they still have a strong impact on the phase behavior. Salt, and alcohols such as hexanol and octanol, decrease the polymer-surfactant compatibility (i.e., the extent of the twophase area increases). Addition of octane enhances the compatibility so that the two-phase area shrinks. The mechanism by which the additives act is to influence the micellar size. From viscosity measurements it has been found that addition of alcohols and salt induces micellar growth whereas addition of an alkane can reduce the micellar size.
Article Images (0)
×![]()
Bioz is the world’s most comprehensive AI search engine for scientific experimentation. The Bioz search engine offers researchers billions of data-driven product, technique, and protocol recommendations. Bioz taps into the latest advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) – including Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML) and Generative AI to mine and structure hundreds of millions of pages of complex and unstructured scientific papers. By harnessing the power of AI, Bioz provides researchers with an unprecedented amount of summarized scientific experimentation knowledge right at their fingertips, ultimately helping to speed up drug discovery and the rate of success in finding cures for diseases. Bioz is used by over 15 Million researchers from over 17,000 different universities and companies in 196 countries.
