ISSN:
1573-4951
Keywords:
HLB
;
Winsor R
;
Hydrocarbons
;
Ethylene oxide
;
MNDO
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Summary The semiempirical MNDO method has been used in order to examine the variation of the molecular properties of hydrocarbons CnH2n+2 (with 1≤n≤19) and ethylene oxide chains CH3(CH2CH2O)mCH3 (with 1≤m≤19) as a function of their molecular length. Least-square fits of those properties have been calculated, along with two mathematical relations between the hydrophile-lipophile balance of alkyl-phenol ethoxylated surfactants and (1) the ratio of molecular lengths between their lipophilic and hydrophilic branches; (2) the intermolecular energies between the molecules of surfactant, water and hexane.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00126745
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