Abstract:
The micellization of cetyldimethylethylammonium bromide (CDEAB) in water was studied by means of surface tensiometry. The critical micellar concentration (CMC) was determined at 25°, 32°, and 40°C, and thermodynamic properties such as the free energy of micellization (∆G°mic), enthalpy (∆H°mic) and entropy (∆S°mic) of micellization were measured. The CMC at 25°C was 9.05 x 10-4 M and the corresponding values of the thermodynamic parameters were: ∆G°mic = -4.15 kcal/mol; ∆H°mic = -1.37 kcal/mol and ∆S°mic = + 9.33 e.u. Micelles of the surfactant CDEAB were good catalysts for the alkaline hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl diphenyl phosphate (NPDPP) with a maximum catalytic factor of approximately 80, comparable to that of CTAB. Typical activation parameters measured for 0.005 M NaOH were: Ea = 9.0 kcal/mol; ∆H°≠ = 8.4 kcal/mol; ∆G°≠ = 19.2 kcal/mol and ∆S°≠ = -36.3 e.u. The kinetic results were also analyzed in terms of the pseudo-phase ion-exchange models (PPIE) and showed that the model is applicable and gave reasonable fits