Adsorption of oil into surfactant monolayers and structure of mixed surfactant plus oil films

We describe a tensiometric method for determining the adsorption isotherm of an oil on a surfactant monolayer adsorbed at the air-water surface. The method involves measuring the surface pressure of oil, π(oil), as a function of its activity, a(oil), varied by changing the relative vapour pressure....

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Main Authors: Binks, B, Crichton, D, Fletcher, P, MacNab, JR, Li, Z, Thomas, R, Penfold, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1999