A Study of the Solubilization of Polar Oily Materials by Alkyl Polyglucoside and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate in Mixed Surfactant System

The effects of different alkyl chains of nonionic surfactants and solubilized polar oily material on the solubilizing capacity of binary anionic‐nonionic mixed surfactant systems were studied. This system includes surface tension measurements to determine the critical micelle concentration. Results were analyzed using regular solution theory to obtain the mixed micelle and the interaction parameter β, in order to evaluate the type of interactions of surfactants in the mixed micelle. Solubilizing capacity has been investigated by measuring the optical density of solubilized polar oily materials like octanol, decanol, and dodecanol. The solubilizing phenomenon exhibited by mixed surfactants systems showed better results than that of the individual surfactant system. The amount of solubilization in mixed surfactant increases with increase in carbon chain length of alkyl polyglucoside.

Keywords:

• Alkyl polyglucosides
• sodium dodecyl sulfate
• micellization
• mixed surfactant
• interaction parameter
• solubilization