Tetraiodophenolsulfonphthalein as a spectral substitute to characterize the complexation between cationic and anionic surfactant.

Hong-Wen Gao, Yan Qian, Zhang-Jun Hu

Index: J. Colloid. Interface Sci. 279(1) , 244-52, (2004)

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Abstract

The complexation of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) with sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS), with tetraiodophenolsulfonphthalein (TIPST) as a spectral substitute was investigated at pH 5.89 and 8.30 by the microsurface adsorption--spectral correction (MSASC) technique. The aggregations of TIPST, SDS, and SDBS on CTAB obeyed the Langmuir isothermal adsorption. The aggregates TIPST-CTAB, TIPST2-CTAB3, SDS3-CTAB2, and SDBS3-CTAB2 were formed at 20 degrees C and the binding constants of all the aggregates were determined. The replacement of TIPST-binding CTAB monomer with SDS or SDBS at pH 5.89 was applied to the quantitative determination of anionic detergent (AD) in water with satisfactory recovery.