The influence of ethoxylation degree in the behaviour of secondary alcohol ethoxylates / Influência do grau de etoxilação no comportamento de álcoois secunários etoxilados

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2009

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The solubilization of non-ionic solutes via partitioning between water and the micellar pseudophase of non-ionic surfactants was evaluated for a series of secondary alcohol ethoxylates with hydrophile length varying from 7 to 40 ethylene oxide units. It was demonstrated that the micellar incorporation constant, Ks, is not dependent on the hydrophile length of the surfactant. The results obtained in this study support the hypothesis that the partitioning between water and the micellar core is not disturbed by the etheylene oxide hydrophilic groups. Linear solvation free energy relationships, LSER, were used to model the ability of the surfactants to solubilize non-ionic compounds. Multiple linear regression analysis provided the following LSER with R2 of 0.98 and F value of 1390: logK = -0,42 + 1,21E - 1,73S - 0,40A - 1,13B + 3,01V. In this LSER, V is a descriptor of solute molar volume, A and B capture the overall ability of the solute to act as a hydrogen bond donor and acceptor, E is the solute excess molar refraction and S is a descriptor of the ability of the solute to interact via dipole-dipole and dipole-induced dipole interactions with its surroundings. It was demonstrated that hard and soft surface cleaning efficiencies are not correlated with the solubilization process. It was shown, however, that the change in interfacial tension caused by the change in the hydrophile portion of the surfactants has a direct, but non-linear impact on the cleaing properties of aqueous solutions containing these surfactants.

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solubilization surfactant organic physico-chemical lser lser solubilização tensoativo detergents detergentes físico-química orgânica

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