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Synergistic Effect on Wettability of Mixtures of Amine Oxides, Alkylpolyglucosides, and Ethoxylated Fatty Alcohols
Author(s) -
García Martín Juan F.,
HerreraMárquez Otilia,
Vicaria José M.,
Jurado Encarnación
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of surfactants and detergents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.349
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1558-9293
pISSN - 1097-3958
DOI - 10.1007/s11743-014-1579-0
Subject(s) - chemistry , wetting , fatty alcohol , pulmonary surfactant , amine oxide , ternary operation , amine gas treating , alcohol , organic chemistry , oxide , chromatography , chemical engineering , biochemistry , computer science , engineering , programming language
The mixture proportions of three surfactants, i.e. an alkylpolyglucoside (APG), an ethoxylated fatty alcohol, and an amine oxide (AO), were optimized by applying Response Surface Methodology in order to achieve the surfactant ratio that produces the highest wetting power. The synergistic effect of the binary samples of AO with the other surfactants was firstly verified. An improvement in this synergistic effect on wettability was found in the ternary mixture. In the experimental range analyzed, the surfactant concentration ratio that produced the highest wettability was a composition with 19.3 % APG, 30.1 % ethoxylated alcohol, and 50.6 % lauramine oxide.