Phase Diagrams and Association Structures of Combined Surfactants–Water Systems

Abstract
Phase regions were determined in systems with water and sodium dodecyl sulfate combined with a series of nonionic surfactants of the structure di-, tetra-, hexa-, and octaoxyethylene dodecyl ethers. The results showed the more hydrophobic members to act as cosurfactants, stabilizing the lamellar structure at high water contents. The more hydrophilic members of the nonionic series acted in a manner similar to ionic surfactants with a slight tendency to stabilization of the lamellar phase for 1:1 combinations of the surfactants.

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