In this paper we provide experimental evidence for a phase transition between a liquid- and gas-like phase occurring in an adsorption layer of a soluble surfactant at the air-water interface. The equilibrium surface tension sigma(e) versus bulk concentration sigma(e) (c) isotherm of surface chemical
Phase Transition Processes in Surfactant Adsorption Layers
β Scribed by Valentin B. Fainerman; Reinhard Miller
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 232
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
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β¦ Synopsis
Adsorption data in the form of surface tension vs bulk concentration isotherms having strong changes in the slope have often been discussed in the literature in terms of phase transitions in the adsorption layer. It will be shown thermodynamically that these apparent kink points in the isotherms are unreal. A phase transition would cause a completely opposite change in the isotherm. Experimental surface tension data for sodium octanoate and dodecyl ammonium chloride obtained from the literature are reinterpreted on the basis of the Frumkin and reorientation isotherms.
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It appears that characteristic phase transitions of the type liquid-solid exist for substances in the boundary layer. The melting point of these transiticns is considerably shifted towards the lower temperature region.