Viscosity of mixtures of polymers and microemulsions — the Huggins interaction coefficient

Microemulsions used in enhanced oil recovery are usually used in conjunction with a polymer solution that provides mobility control by reducing the permeability of the formation and/or increasing the viscosity of the injected fluid. Microemulsions, which are mixtures of at least four components — water, oil, surfactant and cosurfactant (and, usually, inorganic salts) are complex even in the absence of polymer and consequently, studies of their phenomenon tend to be phenomenological. An approach found to be useful to circumvent this has been to consider the microemulsion particles dispersed in their external phase to be macromolecules which retain their integrity when diluted with external phase or when mixed with polymers. Thus the dispersed phase components are treated as a pseudocomponent. If this approach is followed, many features of the phase diagram of polymer-microemulsion mixtures can be rationalized. It is therefore of some interest to determine whether a similar approach can be used to understand or predict the viscosity of mixtures in which a simple mixing rule for viscosities can be utilized to gain further insight into the polymer-microemulsion interaction.     

Excess molar volumes and excess viscosities for then-hexane+dichloromethane+tetrahydrofuran ternary system at 25°C

Exces molar volumes, and excess viscosities of then-hexane+dichloromethane+tetrahydrofuran system have been determined at 25°C by measuring densities and viscosities. Different expressions exist in the literature to predict these excess properties from binary data. The empirical correlation of Cibulka is shown to be the best in this system.     

Adsorption from Ternary Liquid Mixtures on Partially Dehydroxylated Silica Gel

The formation of mixed adsorbed layers has been tested for ternary mixtures containing a specifically adsorbed component—acetone and binary solvent benzene +n-hepane. The specific excess adsorption isotherms from the liquid phase were measured on silica gel samples partially dehydroxylated. The competition of liquid components for silica surface is discussed on the basis of changes in the mixed solvent composition.     

Segregation of Sn in the binary CuSn and ternary CuSnSb alloy systems

Progression studies have been followed from Cu(111)‐ and Cu(100)Sn binaries to Cu(111)‐ and Cu(100)SnSb ternary‐alloy systems under the same experimental conditions. The segregation behaviour of Sn in the two orientations are explained. It is found that the kinetic segregation profiles of Sn in the ternary alloys shift to lower temperatures as compared to that in the binary. The Sn profile shift is mainly due to the decrease in the activation energy of Sn in the ternary systems. For a particular Cu orientation, the other segregation parameters that the Sn profiles depend on, like the pre‐exponential factor, segregation energy and the interaction coefficient, are found to be the same in the two systems. There is also a change in the equilibrium segregation profiles of Sn. In the ternary system, site competition between Sn and Sb causes the Sn to suffer exponential desegregation and eventual displacement from the surface. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Enthalpies of mixing of binary and ternary mixtures containing diisopropylether,benzene and cyclohexane at 303.15 K

Enthalpies of mixing H have been measured for liquid binary mixtures of diisopropylether (DIPE)+benzene or cyclohexane and for liquid ternary mixtures diisopropylether+benzene+cyclohexane at 303.15 K and constant pressure using a C80 calorimeter. A Redlich-Kister type equation was used to correlate experimental results.     

Aggregation processes of biomolecules in presence of trehalose

Among disaccharides, trehalose, a naturally-occurring glass-forming disaccharide, is particularly effective in terms of its ability to preserve several organisms under stress conditions. The present work is aimed to investigate the bioprotective action of trehalose on lysozyme as a function of temperature. In order to extract quantitative information about the dimensional changes of the proteins, we performed Small Angle Neutron Scattering measurements on lysozyme/D₂O solutions in absence and in presence of the disaccharide. The findings emphasise the capability of trehalose to stabilise the protein, activating aggregation processes.     

Densities and excess molar volumes for binary mixtures of N,N-dimethylformamide+ 1,2-dimethoxyethane

Densities are reported for N,N-dimethylformamide and 1,2-dimethoxyethane binary mixtures at different mole fractions covering the whole miscibility range and at 19 temperatures ranging from –10 to 80°C. The experimental density data have been fitted by empirical relations and the excess volumes by a Redlich-Kister equation. The 11 N,N-dimethylformamide and 1,2-dimethoxyethane adduct appears to be stable throughout the temperature range. A comparison with other DMF containing mixtures is made.     

Excess heat capacities of ternary systems containing chlorobenzene or chloronaphthalene

Densities and heat capacities of ternary systems were determined at 25°C. The ternary systems consisted of: a polar molecule (component 1) + a mixture of alkanes (components 2 and 3) of different sizes and shapes. Five such systems were studied: chlorobenzene + cyclohexane + n-heptane; chlrobenzene + cyclohexane + n-hexadecane; chlorobenze + cyclohexane + isooctane; chlorobenzene + isooctane + n-heptane; 1-chloronaphthalene + isooctane + n-heptane. The excess molar volumes and heat capacities were obtained along dilution lines by component 1 (chlorobenzene or 1-chloronaphthalene) of mixtures of components 2 and 3 (at fixed component 2 mole fraction X₂). Unexpectedly the excess heat capacities C _p1(23) ^E of the pseudo-binaries {1+(2+3)} do not always fall between the two (limiting) curves of C _p12 ^E and C _p13 ^E corresponding to the two binaries {1+2} and {1+3}. Instead, especially for {chlorobenzene + cyclohexane + an n-alkane} the C _p1(23) ^E curves are displaced toward less negative values, even beyond the limiting values corresponding to the binaries. This correlates semi-quantitatively with the negative C _p23 ^E of the binary {2+3}.Presented at the Symposium, 76^th CSC Congress, Sherbrooke, Quebec, May 30-June 3, 1993, honoring Professor Donald Patterson on the occasion of his 65^th birthday.     

Influence of 1-decanol on the surface tension and wetting power of a new anionic surfactant derived from sugar

We studied the adsorption behaviour at the liquid/air and liquid/solid interface of a new anionic surfactant derived from sugar, the sodium decyl galacturonate. The surface tension of aqueous solutions, measured in equilibrium and as a function of time, is particularly affected by the presence of decanol, synthesis residue, which amount ranges between about 0 and 13%. The surface tension lowering is accelerated in presence of decanol, owing to its rapid diffusion to the interface or/and because it affects the mobility and adsorption process of the anionic surfactant molecules. The wetting power of surfactant solutions were also investigated in relation with textile treatment applications. We measured the kinetics of absorption of surfactant solutions in a piece of standard cotton and compared it to the absorption of pure decanol, a completely wetting liquid and to the absorption of an alkylpolyglucoside. The time at which the fabric piece is saturated appears to be related to the adsorption of surface-active molecules on the fibers at the advancing liquid front/fabric contact line. Decanol was found to promote absorption and micellar life-time seem to reflect the differences observed at high concentration. This study shows the importance of controlling the amount of surface-active residues which may alter the kinetics of surfactant adsorption, particularly in industrial processes where equilibrium conditions are not reached.     

Gibbs functions for transfer of divalent metal cations from water to water + methanol mixtures using potentiometry, polarography and solubility measurements

Gibbs functions for transfer from water to methanol and to a full range of water + methanol mixtures were obtained for Cu²⁺, Cd²⁺, Pb²⁺, Hg²⁺, Zn²⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, Sr²⁺ and Ba²⁺ using potentiometric or polarographic measurements in these solvents. In addition, data were obtained from the solubility products of the alkaline-earth iodates. From values obtained by the different methods and literature data, a table of selected values is given.