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FORMATION OF MICELLES OF CETYL TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE IN WATER-GLYCEROL SOLUTIONS
Volume: 6
Number: 7
Year: 1998
Pages: 67-76
Lavinel G. Ionescu; Sonia M. Hickel Probst; Elizabeth F. de Souza
Abstract:
<p align="justify"> The micellization of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) in glycerol and aqueous solutions of glycerol was studied by means of surface tensiometry. The critical micellar concentration (CMC) was determined at 25 °C and 40 &#916; C, and thermodynamic parameters such as the free energy of micellization &#916;G°mis, enthalpy &#916;H and entropy &#916;S of micellization were also measured At 40 °C, CTAB forms micelles in pure glycerol and in the entire range of water-glycerol solutions. For 25 °C, the CMC ranged from 9.2 x 10·4 Min pure water to 8.5 x 10·3M for solutions containing 90% glycerol by volume. The corresponding values obtained/or &#916;G° were -4.14 and -2.82 kcal/mole; for &#916;H° were -1.03 kcal/mole and -3.73 kcal/mole and for &#916;S° were + 10.43 and -3.10 e. u. Addition of glycerol decreases the spontaneity of micelles formation of CTAB in water. </p>
DOI: 10.48141/SBJCHEM.v6.n7.1998.66_1998_2.pdf
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