Table 3 Surface active and thermodynamic properties of the prepared nonionic and hybrid surfactants at 25 °C.
Surfactant | γ (mN m− 1) | CMC x 103 (mol dm− 3) | π cmc (mN m− 1) | Γmax x 1010 (mol cm− 2) | Amin (Ao2 molecule− 1) | ∆ G mic (kJ mol− 1) | ∆Gads (kJ mol− 1) | pC20 (mol dm− 3) | C20 × 105 (mol dm− 3) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Sd | ||||||||||
Non-Ionic | NMAE-10 | 32 | 0.7023 | 2.48 | 36 | 2.25 | 73.82 | −14.86 | −20.38 | 4.34 | 4.54 |
NMAE-12 | 27 | 0.5507 | 1.84 | 41 | 1.79 | 92.81 | −15.60 | −23.37 | 4.86 | 1.37 | |
NMAE-14 | 30 | 0.9014 | 2.24 | 38 | 1.89 | 87.67 | −15.11 | −22.45 | 4.69 | 2.04 | |
Hybrid | AMAES-10 | 25 | 0.9643 | 2.03 | 43 | 1.68 | 98.60 | −15.35 | −21.81 | 5.47 | 0.34 |
AMAES-12 | 20 | 0.8002 | 1.66 | 48 | 1.48 | 112.34 | −15.85 | −24.63 | 6.43 | 0.04 | |
AMAES-14 | 23 | 0.3055 | 1.84 | 45 | 1.58 | 104.89 | −15.60 | −23.33 | 6.08 | 0.08 | |