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Detergency: Micellar relationships of an anionic‐nonionic surfactant mixture
Author(s) -
Mankowich A. M.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02654882
Subject(s) - pulmonary surfactant , micelle , dissociation (chemistry) , aqueous solution , monomer , chemistry , micellar solutions , nonionic surfactant , chemical engineering , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , biochemistry , engineering
The micellar characteristics of the mixed micelles formed by three ratios of an anionicnonionic surfactant mixture have been compared with the detergencies imparted by the three combinations to aqueous alkaline cleaning solutions of ca. pH 12. It was found that detergency increases with increasing charge on, and number of anionic monomers in, the mixed micelles. Improved detergency appears to be connected to a reduction in micellar dissociation.