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    Adsorption and Ionization of Carboxylic Acids at the Air/Water Interface

    Badban Shiva 2017.pdf (4.295Mb)
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    Open access
    Authors
    Badban, Shiva
    Date
    2017
    Supervisor
    Dr Chi Minh Phan
    Type
    Thesis
    Award
    MPhil
    
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    Faculty
    Science and Engineering
    School
    Department of Chemical Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/57084
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    Abstract

    Surfactants are widely used in our daily life from pharmaceuticals and washing products to petroleum and biotechnology. Despite of thousands years of applications, the ionization of surfactants at the air/water interface is still unquantified. This study focuses on ionic surfactants performance at air/water interface. Carboxylic acids of C9 and C10 were investigated experimentally and theoretically. Finally, adsorption parameters obtained from this work shred important insights into ionization of fatty acids at the air/water interface.

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