The Journal of Physical Chemistry

Microemulsifying polar oils

KR Wormuth, EW Kaler

Index: Wormuth, Klaus R.; Kaler, Eric W. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 1989 , vol. 93, # 12 p. 4855 - 4861

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Abstract

The phase behavior and microstructure of C12E6/ether oil/water mixtures have been examined systematically as a function of increasing oil polarity. As the ratio of ether linkages to methylene groups of the ether oils is increased, the oils become more water soluble and more polar (less hydrophobic). When ethylene glycol dibutyl ether is replaced with the more polar ethylene glycol diethyl ether in CI2E6/ether oil/water mixtures, the three-phase ...