Mixing of alkanes with surfactant monolayers at the air–water surface
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions
- Vol. 86 (1), 211-212
- https://doi.org/10.1039/ft9908600211
Abstract
The mixing of alkanes with adsorbed surfactant layers at oil/water interfaces is well known, but not defined quantitatively. Here we describe in quantitative terms the mixing of a non-spreading liquid alkane with surfactant monolayers at the air–water surface.Keywords
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