Interfacial Tension Measurements Between Oil Fractions of a Crude Oil and Aqueous Solutions with Different Ionic Composition and pH

Dynamic and equilibrium interfacial tensions between crude oil fractions and aqueous solutions of various compositions and pH were measured. The basic oil components seemed to determine the interfacial tensions at pH 2, while the non-dissociated and dissociated acidic components governed the interfacial tension at the natural pH and pH 9, respectively. The ionic composition of the aqueous phase influenced the degree of dissociation of the acidic components at pH 9: Na⁺ ions in the aqueous phase promoted dissociation of the interfacial acidic components (compared to pure water), while Ca²⁺ ions resulted in complexation with the dissociated acids and most likely formation of stable interfacial films. The amount of Ca²⁺ determined which of these phenomena that dominated when both ions were present in sea water solutions. Generally, the interfacial tensions of the oil fractions were lower when measured against the high salinity aqueous solutions than against the corresponding low salinity solutions.      

The electrolyte NRTL model and speciation approach as applied to multicomponent aqueous solutions of H2SO4, Fe2(SO4)3, MgSO4 and Al2(SO4)3 at 230–270 °C

This work presents chemical modeling of solubilities of metal sulfates in aqueous solutions of sulfuric acid at high temperatures. Calculations were compared with experimental solubility measurements of hematite (Fe₂O₃) in aqueous ternary and quaternary systems of H₂SO₄, MgSO₄ and Al₂(SO₄)₃ at high temperatures. A hybrid model of ion-association and electrolyte non-random two liquid (ENRTL) theory was employed to fit solubility data in three ternary systems H₂SO₄–MgSO₄–H₂O, H₂SO₄–Al₂(SO₄)₃–H₂O at 235–270 °C and H₂SO₄–Fe₂(SO₄)₃–H₂O at 150–270 °C. Employing the Aspen Plus™ property program, the electrolyte NRTL local composition model was used for calculating activity coefficients of the ions Al³⁺, Mg²⁺ Fe³⁺ and SO₄²⁻, HSO₄⁻, OH⁻, H₃O⁺, respectively, as well as molecular species. The solid phases were hydronium alunite (H₃O)Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆, hematite Fe₂O₃ and magnesium sulfate monohydrate (MgSO₄)·H₂O which were employed as constraint precipitation solids in calculating the metal sulfate solubilities. A correlation for the equilibrium constants of the association reactions of complex species versus temperature was implemented. Based on the maximum-likelihood principle, the binary interaction energy parameters for the ionic species as well as the coefficients for equilibrium constants of the reactions were obtained simultaneously using the solubility data of the ternary systems. Following that, the solubilities of metal sulfates in the quaternary systems H₂SO₄–Fe₂(SO₄)₃–MgSO₄–H₂O, H₂SO₄–Fe₂(SO₄)₃–Al₂(SO₄)₃–H₂O at 250 °C and H₂SO₄–Al₂(SO₄)₃–MgSO₄–H₂O at 230–270 °C were predicted. The calculated results were in excellent agreement with the experimental data.     

Mimic oil recovery with a SDBS–dodecane–silica gel system

The wettability of the solid powder of silica gel was determined via a modified Washburn equation expressed as contact angles. The interfacial tension (γ) between the dodecane and the dilute sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) aqueous solution was obtained using the spinning drop (γ<10 mN m⁻¹) or drop volume methods (γ>10 mN m⁻¹). Contact angle changes for SDBS aqueous solutions on the surface of a silica gel powder were studied. The average aggregation number of SDBS micelles in aqueous solution was determined using the fluorescence quenching method. The relationship between the wettability of the powder surface, the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of SDBS and the mimic oil recovery of the resident oil on the powder surface has been explored. It has been found that good residual oil recovery was achieved by surface wettability changes at the interfacial tensions around 4–5 mN m⁻¹, which is far from the ‘ultra low’ condition (≤10⁻³ mN m⁻¹).     

Interfacial activity of benzyloctadecyldimethyl ammonium chloride in a liquid/liquid extraction system

Interfacial tension and interfacial adsorption parameters for benzyloctadecyldimethyl ammonium chloride (BODMAC) in three organic diluents were determined and interpreted. The interfacial activity of BODMAC is affected by the type of the organic diluent and the composition of the aqueous phase. The general order of interfacial activity of BODMAC is n-heptane (5% isobutanol) > carbon tetrachloride > chloroform. The effectiveness of adsorption of BODMAC is not only dependent on the organic diluent, but also on the inorganic electrolytes in the aqueous phase.     

Surface tensions of inorganic multicomponent aqueous electrolyte solutions and melts

A semiempirical model is presented that predicts surface tensions (σ) of aqueous electrolyte solutions and their mixtures, for concentrations ranging from infinitely dilute solution to molten salt. The model requires, at most, only two temperature-dependent terms to represent surface tensions of either pure aqueous solutions, or aqueous or molten mixtures, over the entire composition range. A relationship was found for the coefficients of the equation σ = c(1) + c(2)T (where T (K) is temperature) for molten salts in terms of ion valency and radius, melting temperature, and salt molar volume. Hypothetical liquid surface tensions can thus be estimated for electrolytes for which there are no data, or which do not exist in molten form. Surface tensions of molten (single) salts, when extrapolated to normal temperatures, were found to be consistent with data for aqueous solutions. This allowed surface tensions of very concentrated, supersaturated, aqueous solutions to be estimated. The model has been applied to the following single electrolytes over the entire concentration range, using data for aqueous solutions over the temperature range 233-523 K, and extrapolated surface tensions of molten salts and pure liquid electrolytes: HCl, HNO(3), H(2)SO(4), NaCl, NaNO(3), Na(2)SO(4), NaHSO(4), Na(2)CO(3), NaHCO(3), NaOH, NH(4)Cl, NH(4)NO(3), (NH(4))(2)SO(4), NH(4)HCO(3), NH(4)OH, KCl, KNO(3), K(2)SO(4), K(2)CO(3), KHCO(3), KOH, CaCl(2), Ca(NO(3))(2), MgCl(2), Mg(NO(3))(2), and MgSO(4). The average absolute percentage error between calculated and experimental surface tensions is 0.80% (for 2389 data points). The model extrapolates smoothly to temperatures as low as 150 K. Also, the model successfully predicts surface tensions of ternary aqueous mixtures; the effect of salt-salt interactions in these calculations was explored.     

A Growing Drop Technique for Measuring Dynamic Interfacial Tension

A novel, growing drop technique is described for measuring dynamic interfacial tension due to sorption of surface-active solutes. The proposed method relates the instantaneous pressure and size of expanding liquid drops to the interfacial tension and is useful for measuring both liquid/gas and liquid/liquid tensions over a wide range of time scales, currently from 10 ms to several hours. Growing drop measurements on surfactant-free water/ air and water/octanol interfaces yield constant tensions equal to their known literature values. For surfactant-laden, liquid drops, the growing drop technique captures the actual transient tension evolution of a single interface, rather than interval times as with the classic maximum-drop-pressure and drop-volume tension measurements. Dynamic tensions measured for 0.25 mM aqueous 1-decanol solution/air and 0.02 kg/m³ aqueous Triton X-100 solution/dodecane interfaces show nonmonotonic behavior, indicating slow surfactant transport relative to the imposed rates of interfacial dilatation. The dynamic tension of a purified and fresh 6 mM aqueous sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution/air interface shows only a monotonic decrease, indicating rapid surfactant transport relative to the imposed rates of dilatation. Conversely, an aged SDS solution, naturally containing trace dodecanol impurities, exhibits dynamic tensions which reflect a superposition of the rapidly equilibrating SDS and the slowly adsorbing dodecanol.     

Thermodynamic characterization of ternary solutions of uncharged polymers

The thermodynamic interactions in aqueous solutions of uncharged polymers were studied. Using a gel-deswelling method, the water activities (chemical potentials) in binary and ternary (two polymers in one solvent) solutions of methylcellulose (MC), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyvinyl pirrolidone (PVP), respectively were determined at various polymer volume fractions (1.0 × 10⁻² < v₂ < 1.0 × 10⁻¹). On the theoretical basis of the Flory–Huggins approximations, the relevant solvent–segment (χ₁₂ or χ₁₃) and segment–segment pair interaction parameters (χ₂₃) have been calculated.

The solvent activity curves (ln a₁ versus polymer volume fraction) can be well described by a polynomial of third-degree in both the binary and the ternary solutions of the polymers. The solvent–segment interaction parameters exhibit a slight dependence on the polymer concentration. For each binary solution, the χ₁₂−v₂ function can be fitted by a straight line wich has a small positive slope. In the mixtures of two polymers, the values of the segment–segment (χ₂₃) interaction parameters were close to zero or sligthly negative (χ₂₃ 0 ± 0.03), indicating that under the studied conditions, the polymers in the ternary solutions are compatible.     

Comparison of sulphur and sulphur–oxygen ligands as ionophores for liquid–liquid extraction and facilitated transport of silver and palladium

The reactivity of new ligands described as S₁, S₅, S₂O₉ (in respect to character and amount of donors) towards metal ions was examined by extraction from HNO₃ and HCl media. These ligands were next utilised as carriers for Ag and Pd transport through a supported liquid membrane (SLM). The effect of collecting a greater number of S donors in one molecule and the influence of type of donors (O–S versus S) on efficiency and selectivity of Ag and Pd(II) extraction and transport were examined.

The extraction of Ag from HNO₃ solutions increased with increasing amount of S-donors in one molecule (S₁2O₉5). For palladium the sequence was different (S₅12O₉). The transport of Ag through SLM impregnated with m-chlorotoluene solution of ionophore increased in the same order as in the case of extraction, whereas for Pd the row was different: S₅2O₉1. The highest fluxes of Ag and Pd transported from HNO₃ equalled to 5.25×10⁻⁷ and 1.37×10⁻⁷ mol/m² s, respectively. Palladium flux depended on stripping solution type (Na₂S₂O₃相似文献   

Study of the benzylation of benzene and other aromatics by benzyl chloride over transition metal chloride supported mesoporous SBA-15 catalysts

The benzylation of benzene by benzyl chloride to diphenylmethane over FeCl₃, InCl₃, GaCl₃, ZnCl₂, CuCl₂ and NiCl₂ supported on mesoporous SBA-15 at 353 K has been investigated. The redox property due to the impregnation of the SBA-15 by transition metal chloride seems to play a very important role in the benzene benzylation process. Among the catalysts, the FeCl₃/SBA-15 showed both high conversation and high selectivity for the benzylation of benzene. The activity of these catalysts for the benzylation of different aromatic compounds is in the following order: benzene > toluene > p-xylene > anisole. More interesting is the observation that this catalyst is always active and selective for large molecules like naphthenic compounds such as methoxynaphthalene and he can also be reused in the benzylation of benzene for several times. Kinetics of the benzene benzylation over these catalysts have also been investigated.     

Synthesis and characterization of P2O5–SiO2–X (X = phosphotungstic acid) glasses as electrolyte for low temperature H2/O2 fuel cell application

A new class of proton conducting glass membranes for hydrogen fuel cell applications are being developed using phosphotungstic acid. These glasses are being design to yield high proton conductivities could be potential substitutes for electrolytes in H₂/O₂ fuel cell. P₂O₅–SiO₂–PWA glasses have been non-crystalline phases confirmed by structural studies. The glass materials showed good mechanical and thermal stability, and also found a maximum proton conductivity of 9.1 × 10⁻² S/cm at 90 °C and 30% RH. The average pore size less than 5 nm was determined by Barrett–Joyner–Halenda (BJH) desorption method. The electrochemical activity was investigated by polarization curves and current–voltage profiles. A maximum power density value of 10.2 mW/cm² was obtained using 0.15 mg/cm² of Pt/C loaded on electrode and 5P₂O₅–87SiO₂–8PWA glasses at 30 °C and 30% humidity.     

The influence of pH on phosphatidylcholine monolayer at the air/aqueous solution interface

The measurements of the interfacial tension at the air/aqueous subphase interface as the function of pH were performed. The interfacial tension of the air–aqueous subphase interface was divided into contributions of individuals. A simple model of the influence of pH on the phosphatidylcholine monolayer at the air/hydrophobic chains of phosphatidylcholine is presented. The contributions of additive phosphatidylcholine forms (both interfacial tension values and molecular area values) depend on pH. The interfacial tension values and the molecular areas values for LH⁺, LOH⁻ forms of phosphatidylcholine were calculated. The assumed model was verified experimentally.     

Spectroscopic behaviour, bond properties and charge distribution in methoxy groups in hydrofluoroethers: the effect of neighbouring CF2 group

A theoretical investigation is presented aimed to the interpretation of the spectroscopic behaviour of the methoxy group in molecules belonging to the class of hydrofluoroethers. The simulation of infrared and Raman spectra of four different stable conformers of CH₃–O–CF₂–CF₂–O–CH₃ and the comparison with the experimental spectra allow to propose a vibrational band assignment in the CH stretching region. This clarifies the role of the CF₂ group in determining the electronic properties and spectroscopic parameters of methyl CH bonds when back-donation of electronic charge take place from oxygen.     

Orientation‐Induced Adsorption of Hydrated Protons at the Air–Water Interface

The surface tension of the air—water interface increases upon addition of inorganic salts, implying a negative surface excess of ionic species. Most acids, however, induce a decrease in surface tension, indicating a positive surface excess of hydrated protons. In combination with the apparent negative charge at pure air–water interfaces derived from electrokinetic experiments, this experimental observation has been a source of intense debate since the mid‐19th century. Herein, we calculate surface tensions and ionic surface propensities at air–water interfaces from classical, thermodynamically consistent molecular dynamics simulations. The surface tensions of NaOH, HCl, and NaCl solutions show outstanding quantitative agreement with experiment. Of the studied ions, only H₃O⁺ adsorbs to the air–water interface. The adsorption is explained by the deep potential well caused by the orientation of the H₃O⁺ dipole in the interfacial electric field, which is confirmed by ab initio simulations.     

Dispersion properties of TiO2 nano-powder synthesized by homogeneous precipitation process at low temperatures

The dispersion stability of rutile TiO₂ powder with a unique nano-structure synthesized by homogeneous precipitation process at low temperatures (HPPLT) has been investigated with adding the various electrolytes in both pure aqueous and organic media. Zeta potential measurements have shown that the addition of electrolytes such as CsCl, CaCl₂, FeCl₃, and ZrCl₄ to aqueous and pure organic dispersion media leads to generally a charge reversal from negative to positive on the surface of TiO₂ particle. The electrostatic repulsive force acting on between TiO₂ particles dispersed in pure organic media was found to be significantly greater than that in aqueous media, which is closely related to the physical properties of the organic solvents, such as viscosities and dielectric constant. The surface potentials of TiO₂ particles have been greatly modified by the particulate properties, pH, dispersion medium, and valence of the ionic species, which governs the colloidal behavior of TiO₂ particles virtually.     

Electrowetting-based microdrop tensiometer

We performed electrowetting (EW) contact angle measurements to determine the interfacial tension between aqueous drops laden with various inorganic and organic solutes and various ambient oils. Using low frequency AC voltage, we obtained interfacial tensions from 5 to 72 mJ/m 2, in close agreement with macroscopic tensiometry for drop volumes between 20 and 2000 nL. In addition to the conventional EW geometry, we demonstrate the possibility of performing "contact-less" measurements without any loss of accuracy using interdigitated coplanar electrodes.     

分子动力学模拟电解质对阴非离子表面活性剂界面行为的影响

通过分子动力学(MD)方法研究了不同类型电解质对阴非离子表面活性剂C₁₂EO₃C油水界面性能的影响。运用z轴质量密度分布、径向分布函数、分子间相互作用配位数、空间分布函数及均方根位移五种模拟参数来分析电解质与阴非离子表面活性剂的相互作用情况。研究表明,三种离子的加入均对水分子与表面活性剂亲水基形成的水化层结构产生影响,且从微观层面验证三种离子对表面活性剂亲水基相互作用强度大小顺序为Na⁺ < Ca²⁺ < Mg²⁺。通过扩散模拟结果可以较好地解释离子加入对界面张力平衡时间的影响情况。这对指导实验方向、制订最佳复配方案具有重要意义。     

Measurement and correlation of the solubility of MnSO4·H2O in ethanol + water + MgSO4·7H2O solutions

Data on the solubility of manganese sulphate monohydrate in water, and in aqueous alcohols is essential for salting-out crystallisation studies. The solubilities of the quaternary system MnSO₄·H₂O + MgSO₄·7H₂O + H₂O + EtOH were determined in the temperature range 293.2–323.2 K over the ethanol mole fraction range of 0.00–0.12. The solubility data were used for modelling with the modified extended electrolyte non-random two-liquid (NRTL) equation. The present extension uses ion-specific parameters instead of the electrolyte-specific NRTL binary interaction parameters. This approach has feasibility for many electrolytes and mixed aqueous solution systems in principle. The model was found to correlate the solubility data satisfactorily.     

CORRELATION BETWEEN INTERFACIAL TENSIONS AND MICELLAR STRUCTURES

It is shown that results of surface and interfacial tension measurements can be used to predict the type of micelles and of liquid crystalline phases which are formed in binary and ternary surfactant solutions. In particular it is possible to predict the position of l.c. cubic phases in ternary systems consisting of surfactant, hydrocarbon and water. Data to demonstrate the conclusions were obtained on the surfactants Alkyltrimethylammoniumbromides, Alkyldimethylaminoxides and Alkyldimethylphosphinoxides. It was found that the interfacial tension of a dilute micellar solution against a reference hydrocarbon is a most sensitive and indicative parameter for the prediction of the different structures. Large changes of the interfacial tension were observed for the three systems having the same hydrocarbon chainlength. The value of the interfacial tension directly reflects also the amount of hydrocarbon which can be solubilized in the micellar solution. Interfacial tensions larger than 1mN/m are indicative of globular micelles while interfacial tensions between 0.1 and 1 mN/m indicate the formation of rods. Values below 0.1 mN/m indicate disclike micelles or lamellar phases.

The interfacial tension depends somewhat on the kind of hydrocarbon which is used for the measurements. It is observed that for several surfactant solutions the interfacial tension passes through a shallow minimum when the chainlength of the hydrocarbon is increased from six to sixteen.     

The wettability of polytetrafluoroethylene by aqueous solution of cetylpyridinium bromide and propanol mixtures

Measurements of advancing contact angles (θ) were carried out for aqueous solutions of cetylpyridinium bromide (CPBr) and propanol mixtures at constant CPBr concentration equal to 1 × 10⁻⁵, 1 × 10⁻⁴, 6 × 10⁻⁴, 1 × 10⁻³ M, respectively, on polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The obtained results indicate that the wettability of PTFE by aqueous solutions of these mixtures depends on their composition and concentration. In contrast to Zisman, there is no linear dependence between the cos θ and surface tension of aqueous solutions of CPBr and propanol mixtures (γ_LV), but a linear relationship exists between the adhesion tension and the surface tension of aqueous solutions of CPBr and propanol mixtures which have a slope equal to −1, and between cos θ and the reciprocal of the surface tension of solution. The slope equal to −1 and the intercept on the cos θ axis close to −1 suggest that adsorption of CPBr and propanol mixtures and the orientation of their molecules at aqueous solution–air and PTFE–aqueous solution interfaces are the same. This also suggests that the work of solution adhesion to the PTFE surface does not depend on the concentration of propanol and CPBr. Extrapolation of the straight line to the point corresponding to the surface tension of solution, which completely spreads over the PTFE surface, gives the value of the critical surface tension of PTFE wetting equal to 24.84 mN/m. This value is higher than PTFE surface tension (20.24 mN/m) and the values of the critical surface tension of PTFE wetting determined by other investigators from the contact angle of nonpolar liquids (e.g. n-alkanes). The differences between the value of the critical surface tension obtained here and those which can be found in the literature were discussed on the basis of the simple thermodynamic rules. Using the measured values of the contact angles and Young equation the PTFE–aqueous solution interfacial tension was determined. The values of PTFE–aqueous solution interfacial tension were also calculated from Miller and co-workers equation in which the correction coefficient of nonideality of the surface monolayer was introduced. From comparison of the obtained values it appears that good agreement exists between the values of PTFE–solution interfacial tension calculated on the basis of Young and Miller and co-workers equations in the whole range of propanol concentration.     

Dynamic surface tension behavior of aqueous solutions ofN-dodecyl-N,N dimethyl aminobetaine chlorohydrate

The adsorption behavior ofN-dodecyl-N,N dimethyl aminobetaine chlorohydrate (DDAB·HCl) at the air/aqueous interface was studied for solutions in pure water and phosphate buffer (pH=7.4). The equilibrium surface tension versus concentration curves were used to estimate the equilibrium adsorption parameters and CMCs. The buffer solution has a lower CMC and shows higher surface activity below the CMC than the pure water solution. Data and calculations of the dynamic tension behavior at constant-area conditions showed that the adsorption processes of DDAB·HCl solutions are about 10 to 300 times slower than those predicted by a diffusion-controlled model. A mixed kinetics adsorption model with a modified Langmuir-Hinshelwood kinetic equation, which considers an activation energy barrier for adsorption, was applied to find the kinetic adsorption parameters. The dynamic tension behavior at pulsating-area conditions with large amplitude was also examined for frequencies up to 90 cycles/min. The tension amplitude responses depended strongly on the concentration and frequency. Comparisons of diffusion-controlled model predictions and pulsating area tension data confirmed the need to use a mixed kinetics model. The latter model can improve the fit over the diffusion-controlled model, but it does not quantitatively match the observed tensions.