The Adsorption of Polyethylene Glycols to a Dropping-Mercury Electrode and their Effect on Surface Potential
- 22 July 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Photographic Science
- Vol. 11 (4) , 225-229
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223638.1963.11736923
Abstract
The adsorption of two polyethylene glycols to a dropping-mercury electrode has been studied. Like cationic surfactants, they were more strongly adsorbed on a negative surface than a positive one and like cationic surfactants therefore, they must shift the potential of an isolated surface to more positive values. This effect was also observed in alkaline solution and was therefore unlikely to be due to the formation of oxonium ions. Rather it was due to the adsorption of a number of oriented dipoles.Keywords
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