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

Table 4.

Physico-chemical parameters of mixed micelles

Physico-chemical parameters Equations
The critical micelle concentration of ideal mixtures (cmcid) according to Clint [30] cmcid 1cmcid=iαicmci (1)

The mole fraction of the more hydrophobic surfactant in the ideal mixed micelle (xid ), according to Motomura[31]: xid xid=cmc2αcmc2α+cmc1(1-α) (2)

The mole fraction of the more hydrophobic surfactant in the real mixed micelle according to Rubingh [32] x1 x12ln (cmcexα/cmc1x1)(1x1)2ln[cmcex(1-α)/cmc2(1-x1)] (3)

The β interaction parameter, according to Rubingh [32] β β=ln (cmcexαcmc1x1)(1-x1)2 (4)

αi the mole fraction in the solution of component i,

cmci the experimentally obtained cmc of component i.

cmc1 the experimentally obtained cmc values of the more hydrophobic surfactant (TRX or SLES)

cmc2 the cmc of D, C or OD

cmcex the experimentally obtained cmc values of investigated binary systems

α the mole fraction of the more hydrophobic surfactant in the solution (TRX or SLES)