STUDY OF MICELLIZATION AND MICROEMULSION FORMATION FOR SURFACE ACTIV AGENT IN OCTANOL AND WATER MIXTURE

A mixture of three components having different physical and chemical properties is represented by equilateral triangular diagram. Such a mixture produces various regions on the interior of the triangular diagram. A system in each apex of the triangle consists of two components. In this work, the effect of surface active agent on the micelle and microemulsion formation in a mixture, of octylphenyloxy-ethylene, octanol and water were studied at 25°C. This mixture exhibits three regions. The appearance of these regions well fit with approach that surface active agent can take several forms depending on their concentration in any mixture (22). The possible forms are monomer hexagonally ordered molecules or gonfeled micelles