title: Binary phase equilibria of three alpha-methyl-substituted sodium alkanoate surfactants.
abstract: In this work, we continue our study of methyl-substituted surfactants and present the aqueous binary phase diagrams of racemic sodium 2-methyloctanoate, -nonanoate, and -dodecanoate, respectively. All systems have very low Krafft temperatures within the solution phase, between 1 and 4 degrees C. The phase sequences of the two shorter surfactants are very similar to those of the unsubstituted sodium octanoate, although with somewhat different range of existence for the phases formed. The sodium 2-methyldodecanoate system is different from the unsubstituted sodium dodecanoate system, as the former seems to lack a hexagonal phase. The surfactant systems were delineated using 2H NMR splittings and crossed polarizers, and combined with SAXS for determination of phase structure.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry, Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Mid Sweden University, S-851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden.
authors.forename: Malin Bydén
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sjöbom
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hedenström
authors.forename: Håkan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Edlund