Research Article

Interaction of Natural Dye (Allium cepa) with Ionic Surfactants

Table 2

Thermodynamic parameters for the interaction of dyes with surfactants at 25°C by conductivity method.

Surfactant[Dye]
added
(g/L)
CMC
(mol dm−3)
β
Degree of counter ion dissociation
−Δ
(kJ mol−1)
Δ
(JK−1 mol−1)
Δ
(kJ mol−1)

CTAB
(0.02 g/L)
Nil9.8 × 10−40.7527.590.76−2.22
0.19.3 × 10−40.8727.2291.33−0.56
0.28.8 × 10−40.9027.3391.71−1.44
0.37.7 × 10−40.9127.6792.86−1.09

NaLS
(0.20 g/L)
Nil8.3 × 10−30.6621.7973.14−0.62
0.17.7 × 10−30.7021.9773.72+1.03
0.26.8 × 10−30.8022.2574.67−1.15
0.36.3 × 10−30.9022.4875.44−0.07