Effect of sodium salicylate and other electrolytes on the partition of 1-pentanol between sodium dodecylsulfate micelles and water: A gas-chromatographic study

The salt effect of sodium salicylate (NaS) on the micellization and micellar solubilization of sodium dodecylsulfate (NaDS) has been studied. The experimental and theoretical conditions for the determination of the thermodynamic partition coefficient P of 1-pentanol between the micellar pseudo-phase and water in presence of added salt is discussed in the case of a precise gas-chromatographic method. In Particular, it is shown that P decreases with solute concentration in aqueous NaDS and sodium perfluorooctanoate surfactant solutions in opposition to the classical behavior in water-organic immiscible phases. As a reference salt effect, it is shown that P is constant with added NaCl in a large salt concentration domain where NaDS micelles are known to undergo dranatic structural changes. In the case of added NaS, P decreases slightly at very high salt concentration. It is suggested that this behavior might be the consequence of partial mixed micelle formation between the salicylate ion and NaDS micelles.