Thermodynamics of micellization of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide in propylene glycol-water mixture: A conductivity study
Micellization of hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (syn. cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) in propylene glycol-water (30% v/v) binary mixture, as well as the thermodynamic properties of the resulting micelles, were investigated by electrical conductivity measurements. The conductivity data were used to determine both the critical micellar concentration (CMC) and the micellar ionization degree (?) of CTin the temperature range 298.2-310.2 K. The equilibrium model of micelle formation was applied in order to obtain the thermodynamic parameters (the standard molar Gibbs free energy, ?Gm0, enthalpy, ?Hm0 and entropy, ?Sm0) of the micellization process. The values of DGm0 and DHm0 were found to be negative at all investigated temperatures, while the values of ?Sm0 were positive and became more positive as temperature increased. A linear dependence between ?Sm0 and ?Hm0, i.e. an enthalpy-entropy compensation effect, was observed.