Adsorption of Aerosol-OT at the calcite/water interface - Comparison of the sodium and calcium salts

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

卷:418

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Stocker, Isabella N.^1,2  Miller, Kathryn L.^1,2  Welbourn, Rebecca J. L.^1,2  Clarke, Stuart M.^1,2  Collins, Ian R.³  Kinane, Christian⁴  Gutfreund, Philipp⁵ 

[1] Univ Cambridge, BP Inst, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, England

[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Chem, Cambridge CB3 0EZ, England

[3] BP Explorat Operating Co Ltd, Sunbury On Thames TW16 7LN, Middx, England

[4] Rutherford Appleton Lab, ISIS, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England

[5] Inst Laue Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble 9, France

关键词: Calcite;    Calcium carbonate;    Neutron reflection;    AOT;    Aerosol-OT;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jcis.2013.11.046

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The adsorption of the surfactant Aerosol-OT (AOT) at the calcite-water interface has been investigated using batch adsorption isotherms and neutron reflection. The adsorption isotherms showed that NaAOT adsorption followed S-type adsorption behaviour with a maximum surface excess of 2.5 mg m(-2) but the method could not be used for the investigation of Ca(AOT)(2) adsorption owing to the changes in the bulk phase behaviour of the solution. The surface excess, determined by neutron reflection at the critical micelle concentration (CMC), was 2.5 mg m(-2) for Ca(AOT)(2) and 1.8 mg m(-2) for NaAOT. The time dependence of the NaAOT adsorption suggests a slow conversion from the sodium to the calcium salt of AOT at the calcite-water interface by binding calcium ions released from the slightly soluble calcite. The layer thickness in both cases was 35 angstrom which indicates adsorption as bilayers or distorted micelles. At higher concentrations of NaAOT (similar to 10 x CMC) adsorption of an AOT lamellar phase was evident from Bragg peaks in the specular reflection. To our knowledge, this is the first time that adsorption of a surfactant at the calcite-water interface has been investigated by neutron reflection. The technique provided significant new insight into the adsorption behaviour of AOT which would not have been accessible using traditional techniques. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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