Analysis of an old controversy: The compensation temperature for micellization of surfactants

作者:Pilar Vazquez Tato M; Meijide Francisco; Seijas Julio A; Fraga Francisco; Vazquez Tato Jose
来源:Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2018, 254: 94-98.
DOI:10.1016/j.cis.2018.03.003

摘要

The actual significance of the so-called compensation temperature T-c for micellization of surfactants is reviewed. It is demonstrated that it is possible to obtain as many T-c values as the number of temperature intervals in which the dependencies of enthalpy and entropy changes with temperature are analyzed. The value of each T-c will be the central value T-0 of each temperature interval. These two facts suggest that T-c is simply such experimental T-0. Thus any physical interpretation derived from T-c is unfounded.

  • 出版日期2018-4