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. 2011 Dec 29;5:89. doi: 10.1186/1752-153X-5-89

Table 1.

Experimentally obtained critical micelle concentrations of the individual surfactants compared to the literature values

Surfactant cmcex (mM) cmclit (mM)

a b
D 4.30 ± 0.07 4.25 ± 0.05 4.16
C 12.90 ± 0.16 12.78 ± 0.14 12.8
OD 61.10 ± 0.9 59.50 ± 1.2 -
SLES 0.80 ± 0.01 0.82 ± 0.02 0.8
TRX - 0.240 ± 0.004 0.24

a the values obtained from conductivity measurements.

b the values obtained from surface tension measurements.

cmcex the mean values ± standard deviation of three determinations

cmclitthe cmc values obtained from the literature