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Surface active block copolymers: I. The preparation and some surface active properties of block copolymers of tetrahydrofuran and ethylene oxide
Author(s) -
Kuwamura Tsunehiko,
Takahashi Hideo,
Hatori Toichiro
Publication year - 1971
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/bf02673238
Subject(s) - ethylene oxide , copolymer , propylene oxide , poloxamer , cloud point , surface tension , tetrahydrofuran , wetting , oxide , polymer chemistry , materials science , ethylene , chemistry , chemical engineering , aqueous solution , organic chemistry , polymer , composite material , catalysis , physics , quantum mechanics , solvent , engineering
A new type of surface active block copolymer (TE type) having the general formula HO(C 2 H 4 O) x (CH 2 . CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 O) y ‐(C 2 H 4 O) z H, was obtained by addition of ethylene oxide to polyoxytetramethylene glycols with molecular weight of 1000‐3400. TE types in which the polyoxyethylene sections comprised more than 20–25% of the total weight are soluble in water, and the relation between cloud point and oxyethylene content for TE types was similar to that for propylene oxide‐ethylene oxide block copolymers (Pluronics). Some surface active properties of TE types were examined in comparison with those of Pluronics and some other surfactants. The surface tension, foaming and antifoaming properties of TE types were comparable to those of Pluronics. Although the wetting power of TE types was poor, their suspending power (for carbon black) was superior to that of Pluronics in both aqueous and nonaqeuous media. The addition of TE types to some conventional detergents enhanced significantly their detergency. TE types showed a remarkable demulsifying action, on addition to some W/O emulsions.