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Abstract
The article addresses the role of surfactant headgroup structure on hybrid surfactant performance for water-in-CO2
(w/c) microemulsion stabilization. The synthetic procedure, aqueous
properties, and phase behaviour of a new hybrid sulfoglutarate
surfactant are described. The sulfoglutarate version has an extra
methylene group incorporated into the hydrophilic headgroup. The related
hydrocarbon (AOT14 and AOT14GLU) and fluorocarbon (di-CF2 and
di-CF2GLU) surfactants were used to form w/c microemulsions. For these
two groups, the aqueous properties and w/c phase stability of both
sulfoglutarates and sulfosuccinates were found to be similar. The newly
synthesized hybrid CF2/AOT14GLU (sodium (4H,4H,5H,5H,5H-pentafluoropentyl-2,2-dimethyl-1-propyl)-2-sulfoglutarate)
proved to be more efficient than the normal sulfosuccinate, hybrid
CF2/AOT14 in terms of the aqueous behaviour and w/c phase stability.
Hybrid CF2/AOT14GLU more effectively decreased the air-water surface
tension by ∼2 mN m−1 and lowering the cloud pressures on CO2 by ∼150 bar.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 148-154 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Supercritical Fluids |
Volume | 116 |
Early online date | 10 May 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2016 |
Keywords
- CO2-philic surfactant
- supercritical carbon dioxide (sc-CO2)
- w/c microemulsions
- surfactant headgroup
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