Modern Chemistry & Applications

Idowu Victor Adebayo

Publications

• Research Article
  Determination of Critical Micelle Concentration and Thermodynamic Evaluations of Micellization of GMS
  Author(s): Obi Chidi and Idowu Victor AdebayoObi Chidi and Idowu Victor Adebayo
  
  The uncontrolled distribution of surfactants which are commonly used as household and industrial products like soaps, lubricants and detergents in the global market have provoked this study. The determination of critical micelle concentration (CMC) of glycerol monostearate surfactant (GMS) was evaluated using Conductivity and UV-Visible Spectroscopic techniques respectively. The effect of solubility was quantified and the Krafft temperature was obtained. The thermodynamic feasibility parameters were evaluated using Erying and Vant Hoff’s equations. The CMC values were taken from the sharp breaks in the plots of absorbance versus surfactant concentrations and conductivity versus surfactant concentration respectively. The result showed that as the temperature increases, the CMC initially decreases and then followed by slight increase owing to the smaller probability of hydrogen bond .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-6798.1000251

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