Table 1. CMC, Surface Tension at CMC (γCMC), Effective Surface Tension Reduction (πCMC), Adsorption Efficiency (pC20), CMC/C20, Maximum Surface Excess Concentration (Γmax), and Area Occupied by a Single Molecule at the Air–Water Interface (Amin) of Cho[DBS] at 298.15 K.
surfactant | CMC (mmol L–1) | γCMC (mN·m–1) | πCMC (mN·m–1) | pC20 | CMC/C20 | Γmax (μmol m–2) | Amin (Å2) |
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Cho[DBS] | 2.2 ± 0.1a | 31.9 ± 0.1 | 39.2 ± 0.1 | 4.2 ± 0.1 | 34.4 ± 0.1 | 2.6 ± 0.1 | 64.7 ± 0.1 |
NaDBS | 2.9 ± 0.1a | 32.6 ± 0.1 | 38.5 ± 0.1 | 3.7 ± 0.1 | 13.7 ± 0.1 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 94.2 ± 0.1 |
From surface tension. The measurements were performed in triplicate independently. The mean value of each measurement was given in the table. The errors (with two significant numbers) were estimated from the deviation of values from their mean for CMC and derived surface parameters.