Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.166, No.2, 356-362, 1994
Thermodynamics of Solubilization of Pentanol in Sodium Dodecyl-Sulfate - Dodecyldimethylamine Oxide Mixed Micelles
Heat capacity and density measurements of pentanol (PeOH)-sodium dodecyl sulfate (NaDS)-dodecyldimethylamine oxide-water mixtures were carried out at 0.03 m PeOH as a function of the total surfactants concentration (m(t)) at different ratios (X(NaDS)). From experimental data, the apparent molar volumes (V(PHI,R)) and heat capacities (C(PHI,R)) of PeOH in the surfactants mixture solutions were calculated. As a general feature, at a given mixture composition, V(PHI,R)) increases monotonically with m(t) as observed in pure surfactants. In the cases of X(NaDS) = 0.1 and 0.3, V(PHI,R)) drops at about 0.1 and 0.15 m, respectively. The decreasing C(PHI,R)) vs m(t) curve shows peculiarities which were ascribed to the presence of a liquid crystalline phase for X(NaDS) = 0.1 and 0.3 and of a structural micellar transition for X(NaDS) = 0.6 and 0.9. At a given X(NaDS), the dependence of the apparent molar property of PeOH on m(t) was rationalized in terms of the distribution constant of alcohol between the aqueous and the micellar phases (K) and its partial molar property in the aqueous and the micellar phases. The standard free energy, calculated from the K values, and the partial molar properties of PeOH in the surfactant-surfactant micelles change linearly with X(NaDS) according to the ideal behavior.
Keywords:PARTIAL MOLAR VOLUMES;MASS-ACTION MODEL;SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS;HEAT-CAPACITIES;SECONDARY ALCOHOLS;EXCESS-ENTHALPIES;BROMIDE SOLUTIONS;WATER;TEMPERATURES;BINDING