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Studies on microemulsions

Part 1: Scattering studies on water-in-oil microemulsions

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The microemulsions formed in the 4-component system water-potassium oleate-hexanol-dodecane have been investigated by time-average light scattering and small angle neutron scattering. A constant volume fraction ratio water: potassium oleate of 1.44 was used and at this constant composition, which gave a pseudo 3-component system, a wide region of the microemulsion domain was examined. In order to interpret the scattering data at finite volume fractions of the dispersed phase, water, allowance had to be made for interactions between the water-in-oil microemulsion droplets. This was carried out using a hard sphere model for the interaction. It is shown that using this model self-consistent results are obtained by light scattering and neutron scattering and an estimate can be made of the size of the particles in concentrated colloidal dispersions.

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  1. D. J. Cebula

    Present address: Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France

  2. R. H. Ottewill

    Present address: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, England

  3. D. Y. Myers

    Present address: Eastman Kodak Laboratories, Rochester, New York, USA

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  1. Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France

    D. Y. Myers & R. H. Ottewill

  2. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, England

    D. J. Cebula & D. Y. Myers

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Cebula, D.J., Myers, D.Y. & Ottewill, R.H. Studies on microemulsions. Colloid & Polymer Sci 260, 96–107 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01447682

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