Thermometric titration studies of the effect of head group, chain length, solvent, and temperature on the thermodynamics of Micelle formation

Heat Evolution of Micelle Formation, Dep

Heat Evolution of Micelle Formation, Dependence of Enthalpy, and Heat Capacity on the Surfactant Chain Length and Head Group

✍ Ella Opatowski; Michael M. Kozlov; Ilya Pinchuk; Dov Lichtenberg 📂 Article 📅 2002 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 133 KB

Micelle formation by many surfactants is endothermic at low temperatures but exothermic at high temperatures. In this respect, dissociation of micelles (demicellization) is similar to dissolving hydrocarbons in water. However, a remarkable difference between the two processes is that dissolving hydr