Ethanol behaviour at the solution-air interface in the presence of Triton X-100 and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide mixture

Measurements were made of the surface tension of the aqueous solutions of p-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl) phenoxypoly(ethylene glycols) having 10 oxyethylene groups in the molecule (Triton X-100, TX100) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) with Zonyl FSN-100 (FC6EO14, FC1) as well as with Zonyl FSO-100 (FC5EO10, FC2) ternary mixtures. The obtained results were compared to those provided by the Fainerman and Miller equation and to the values of the solution surface tension calculated, based on the contribution of a particular surfactant in the mixture to the reduction of water surface tension. The changes of the aqueous solution ternary surfactants mixture surface tension at the constant concentration of TX100 and CTAB mixture at which the water surface tension was reduced to 60 and 50 mN/m as a function of fluorocarbon surfactant concentration, were considered with regard to the composition of the mixed monolayer at the water-air interface. Next, this composition was applied for the calculation of the concentration of the particular surfactants in the monolayer using the Frumkin equation. On the other hand, the Gibbs surface excess concentration was determined only for the fluorocarbon surfactants. The tendency of the particular surfactants to adsorb at the water-air interface was discussed, based on the Gibbs standard free energy of adsorption which was determined using different methods. This energy was also deduced, based on the surfactant tail surface tension and tail-water interface tension.

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Behaviour of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, Triton X-100 and Triton X-114 in mixed monolayer at the (water–air) interface

The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics ◽

10.1016/j.jct.2013.09.040 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 69 ◽

pp. 85-92 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Katarzyna Szymczyk ◽

Anna Zdziennicka ◽

Joanna Krawczyk ◽

Bronisław Jańczuk

Keyword(s):

Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide ◽

Mixed Monolayer ◽

Air Interface ◽

Triton X

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Adsorption of Triton X-100 and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide mixture with ethanol at nylon-6–solution interface with regard to nylon-6 wettability: I. The effect of adsorption on critical surface tension of nylon-6 wetting

Adsorption ◽

10.1007/s10450-012-9465-4 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (2-4) ◽

pp. 435-444 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Magdalena Bielawska ◽

Bronisław Jańczuk ◽

Anna Zdziennicka

Keyword(s):

Surface Tension ◽

Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide ◽

Nylon 6 ◽

Critical Surface ◽

Critical Surface Tension ◽

Solution Interface ◽

Triton X

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Behavior of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and Triton X-100 mixture at solution–air interface in presence of short-chain alcohols

Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ◽

10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.04.023 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 454 ◽

pp. 65-73 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Magdalena Bielawska ◽

Bronisław Jańczuk ◽

Anna Zdziennicka

Keyword(s):

Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide ◽

Short Chain ◽

Air Interface ◽

Triton X

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Mutual influence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and Triton X-100 on their adsorption at the water–air interface

The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics ◽

10.1016/j.jct.2012.12.004 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 59 ◽

pp. 35-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Katarzyna Szymczyk ◽

Anna Zdziennicka ◽

Joanna Krawczyk ◽

Bronisław Jańczuk

Keyword(s):

Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide ◽

Mutual Influence ◽

Air Interface ◽

Triton X

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Hydrothermal Crystallization of Bismuth Oxychlorides (BiOCl) Using Different Shape Control Reagents

Materials ◽

10.3390/ma14092261 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (9) ◽

pp. 2261

Author(s):

Enikő Bárdos ◽

Viktória A. Márta ◽

Szilvia Fodor ◽

Endre-Zsolt Kedves ◽

Klara Hernadi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Surface Tension ◽

Shape Control ◽

Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide ◽

Optical Band Gap ◽

Structural Parameters ◽

Band Gap Energy ◽

Oxidation States ◽

Cetyltrimethylammonium Chloride ◽

Hydrothermal Crystallization ◽

Sodium Dodecylsulphate

Bismuth oxychloride photocatalysts were obtained using solvothermal synthesis and different additives (CTAB—cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAC—cetyltrimethylammonium chloride, PVP–polyvinylpyrrolidone, SDS–sodium dodecylsulphate, U—urea and TU—thiourea). The effect of the previously mentioned compounds was analyzed applying structural (primary crystallite size, crystal phase composition, etc.), morphological (particle geometry), optical (band gap energy) parameters, surface related properties (surface atoms’ oxidation states), and the resulted photocatalytic activity. A strong dependency was found between the surface tension of the synthesis solutions and the overall morpho-structural parameters. The main finding was that the characteristics of the semiconductors can be tuned by modifying the surface tension of the synthesis mixture. It was observed after the photocatalytic degradation, that the white semiconductor turned to grey. Furthermore, we attempted to explain the gray color of BiOCl catalysts after the photocatalytic decompositions by Raman and XPS studies.

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The wettability of polytetrafluoroethylene and polymethylmethacrylate with regard to interface behaviour of Triton X-165 and short chain alcohol mixtures: I. Critical surface tension of wetting and adhesion work

Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects ◽

10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.06.024 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 367 (1-3) ◽

pp. 108-114 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Anna Zdziennicka

Keyword(s):

Surface Tension ◽

Short Chain ◽

Critical Surface ◽

Critical Surface Tension ◽

Chain Alcohol ◽

Short Chain Alcohol ◽

Alcohol Mixtures ◽

Triton X ◽

Adhesion Work ◽

Interface Behaviour

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The Chorionic Plastron and its Role in the Eggs of the Muscinae (Diptera)

Journal of Cell Science ◽

10.1242/jcs.s3-101.55.313 ◽

1960 ◽

Vol s3-101 (55) ◽

pp. 313-332

Author(s):

H. E. HINTON

Keyword(s):

Surface Tension ◽

High Pressures ◽

Middle Layer ◽

Clean Water ◽

Active Materials ◽

Great Resistance ◽

Plane Normal ◽

Air Interface ◽

Surface Active ◽

Egg Shell

In flies of the subfamily Muscinae the egg-shell has both an outer and an inner meshwork layer, each of which holds a continuous film of air. Between these two meshwork layers there is a more or less thick middle layer to which the shell chiefly owes its mechanical strength. Holes or aeropyles through the middle layer effect the continuity of the outer and inner films of air. Both meshwork layers consist of struts that arise perpendicularly from the middle layer. In both layers the struts are branched at their apices in a plane normal to their long axes. These horizontal branches form a fine and open hydrofuge network that provides a large water-air interface when the egg is immersed. When it rains or when the egg is otherwise immersed in water, the film of air held in the outer meshwork layer of the shell funtions as a plastron. To be an efficient respiratory structure a plastron must resist wetting by both the hydrostatic pressures and the surface active materials to which it is normally exposed. The plastrons of all the Muscinae tested resist wetting in clean water by pressures far in excess of any they are likely to encounter in nature. The resistance of a plastron to hydrostatic pressures varies directly as the surface tension of the water, and the surface tension of water in contact with the decomposing materials in which the Muscinae lay their eggs is much lowered by surface active materials. These considerations seem to provide an explanation for the great resistance of the plastron of the Muscinae to wetting by excess pressures and for the paradox that the plastrons of these terrestrial eggs are more resistant to high pressures than are the plastrons of some aquatic insects that live in clean water.

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