Synthesis and Interfacial Activity of Novel Heterogemini Sulfobetaines in Aqueous Solution.

Three new heterogemini sulfobetaines and their chloride salts were synthesised. The interfacial activities of the obtained chlorides in aqueous solution were studied by equilibrium and dynamic surface tension measurements. The critical micelle concentration, surface excess concentration, minimum area per surfactant molecule and standard Gibbs energy of adsorption as well as micelle lifetime and diffusion coefficient were determined.

Effect of Temperature on Micelle Formation in Aqueous NaBr Solutions of Octyltrimethylammonium Bromide.

Association processes in aqueous solutions of octyltrimethylammonium bromide, C(8)TAB, have been studied in aqueous NaBr solutions at temperatures from 20 to 55 degrees C. The values of the critical micelle concentration, CMC, were determined from the intersections of two straight line portions of the plots of the relationship between adiabatic compressibility of the solutions and surfactant concentration. The value of the CMC thus determined exhibits minima at a certain temperature, T(min).