Wetting properties ofn-alkanes on AOT monolayers at the brine-air interface
- 24 August 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 69 (8) , 1220-1223
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.69.1220
Abstract
On the surface of a brine-surfactant (AOT) mixture, the long-chain alkanes (N>11) do not spread while the shorter ones (Nn-alkanes.Keywords
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