Research Article

Interaction of Natural Dye (Allium cepa) with Ionic Surfactants

Table 3

Surface parameters for interaction of dyes with surfactants at 25°C by surface tension measurement.

Surfactant[Dye]
added
(g/L)
CMC
(mol dm−3)
Surface excess concentration
  × 1010
(mol cm−2)
Area per molecule at interface

(A°)2
pC 20−Δ
(kJ mol−1)
Δ
(JK−1 mol−1)
Δ
(J mol−1)
CMC/C 20

CTAB
(0.02g/L)
Nil9.6 × 10−42.1975.83.0736.59122.78+1.071.12
0.19.1 × 10−41.9784.33.1738.18128.12−2.101.34
0.28.6 × 10−41.7594.33.3540.49135.85−2.491.92
0.37.5 × 10−41.53108.53.5743.37145.50−2.912.78

NaLS
(0.20g/L)
Nil8.1 × 10−31.9784.32.1732.47108.97−2.961.19
0.17.5 × 10−31.7594.92.3534.78116.70−3.351.68
0.26.5 × 10−31.53108.52.4937.22124.80−3.852.01
0.36.0 × 10−31.31126.72.6040.02134.30−4.222.39