dc.contributor.advisor | GRADY, BRIAN | |
dc.contributor.author | SHAHRASHOOB, ZAHRA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-08-02T14:54:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-08-02T14:54:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-08 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/301334 | |
dc.description.abstract | A novel group of nonionic surfactants, which we term ester sulfoxides, derived from 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio) butyric acid are characterized in this thesis. The physico-chemical properties, equilibrium and dynamic properties, and microemulsion behavior of these surfactants are investigated. Based on the physico-chemical properties, the sulfoxide nonionic surfactant molecules presented good surface activity, good foaming, wetting ability and laundry detergency performance. Equilibrium surface tensions were determined for a number of molecules. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm is satisfactory for describing the adsorption behavior of the sulfoxide surfactant at the air/water interface. Adsorption kinetics onto the air/water interface was studied for an ester sulfoxide molecule with 8 carbon atoms in the tail of the surfactant. Comparing the experimental dynamic surface tension profiles of the surfactant solutions with the diffusion-controlled kinetic model indicate that the adsorption of this surfactant molecule onto the air/water interface is diffusion-controlled for dilute solutions at 25°C. HLD parameters of longer-chain surfactants were obtained and compared to that of alcohol ethoxylates. Ester sulfoxides are much less temperature sensitive than alcohol ethoxylates, and have a temperature coefficient similar to that of ionic surfactants. The ester sulfoxide moiety was determined to be as hydrophilic as ~5 ethylene oxide units according to the Cc value of the HLD parameters. | en_US |
dc.language | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | SULFOXIDE | en_US |
dc.subject | SURFACTANTS | en_US |
dc.subject | CHARACTERIZATION | en_US |
dc.title | Sulfoxide Surfactants | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | SABATINI, DAVID | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | CROSSLEY, STEVEN | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | HARWELL, JEFFREY | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | O'REAR, EDGAR | |
dc.date.manuscript | 2018-08-01 | |
dc.thesis.degree | Ph.D. | en_US |
ou.group | College of Engineering::School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering | en_US |
shareok.nativefileaccess | restricted | en_US |