Table 3. Estimated HLB Value of the SEFAMESO Surfactanta,b.
| |
groups
in SEFAMESO |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lipophilic
groups |
hydrophilic
groups |
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| fatty acid | NAC/DB | CH3– (−0.475) | –CH=CH (−0.475) | –CH2 (−0.475) | –COOCH3 (2.4) | –SO3Na (11) | fatty methyl ester HLB value | quantity (%) | HLB value |
| myristic | 14:0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14.23 | 0.10 | 0.01 |
| palmitoleic | 16:1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13.75 | 0.18 | 0.02 |
| palmitic | 16:0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 13.28 | 8.92 | 1.18 |
| linoleic | 18:2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 13.28 | 40.36 | 5.36 |
| linolenic | 18:3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13.75 | 0.50 | 0.07 |
| oleic | 18:1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12.80 | 44.62 | 5.71 |
| stearic | 18:0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 12.33 | 4.61 | 0.57 |
| eicosenoic | 20:1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 11.85 | 0.25 | 0.03 |
| eicosanoic | 20:0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 11.38 | 0.21 | 0.03 |
| behenic | 22:0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10.43 | 0.18 | 0.02 |
| SEFAMESO | 13.00 | ||||||||
a
The group numbers in brackets were adopted from Guo et al.54
b
NAC/DB = number of acyl carbons to the number of double bonds.