Research Article

Interfacial and Micellization Behavior of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB) in Water and Methanol-Water Mixture at 298.15 to 323.15 K

Table 1

Critical micelle concentration (cmc), maximum surface excess concentration (), area occupied by surfactant molecule (), surface pressure at the cmc (), packing parameters (), and free energy of adsorption ().

T (K)Volume fractions of methanolcmc (mM)

298.150.00.973.0154.9833.590.38−63.40
0.11.222.1078.7318.090.26−57.01
0.21.781.7296.3310.230.21−51.46
0.33.550.94175.718.070.11−47.32
0.46.430.77213.264.320.09−39.02

308.150.01.142.8358.4932.910.36−63.9
0.11.421.8291.1418.070.23−57.55
0.21.881.55107.0711.500.19−52.16
0.34.450.76217.968.750.09−48.63
0.47.340.62267.335.060.07−40.42

318.150.01.222.2274.6533.520.28−64.22
0.11.711.7296.3320.040.21−57.93
0.22.561.41117.6212.820.17−52.54
0.35.660.68243.458.450.08−47.07
0.47.810.52315.626.030.06−41.60

323.150.01.322.1776.3933.790.27−64.37
0.11.911.60103.7821.870.20−58.66
0.22.731.22136.0814.050.15−53.02
0.35.890.57288.619.290.07−49.31
0.47.320.43382.666.890.05−42.30