Surface Properties of Aqueous Solutions of Poly- (Maleic Acid-Co-Vinyl-n-Alkyl) Potassium Salts

✍ Scribed by Raúl G. Barraza; Hermán E. Rı́os

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 52 KB
• Volume: 209
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9797
• DOI: 10.1006/jcis.1998.5805

✦ Synopsis

The surface activity of five potassium salts from poly(maleic acid-co-vinyl-n-alkyl) was studied. The unusual behavior found is attributed to a polymer stabilization process by hydrophobic microdomains in the bulk. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.