Hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTA-Br) and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmim-BF4) in aqueous solution: An ephemeral binary system

Hypothesis Mixtures of the cationic surfactant hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTA-Br) and the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmim-BF4) in aqueous solutions are expected to behave as typical binary cationic surfactant system taking into account the surface activity d...

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Autores: Comelles, Francesc, Ribosa, Isabel, González, Juan José, García Ramón, María Teresa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/140525
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/140525
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CTA-Br
Bmim-BF4
Cationic surfactants
CTAB
Ionic liquid
Surface tension
Conductivity
Bynary Systems
Synergism
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Sumario:Hypothesis Mixtures of the cationic surfactant hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTA-Br) and the ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmim-BF4) in aqueous solutions are expected to behave as typical binary cationic surfactant system taking into account the surface activity displayed by the ionic liquid, instead of considering the IL as a water cosolvent. Experiments Surface tension and conductivity measurements have been conducted as a function of the total concentration of the mixtures at different surfactant mole fraction (αCTA-Br) to investigate the surface active properties. Findings Turbidity immediately appearing when the compounds are mixed in water suggests the spontaneous formation of the low soluble compound hexadecyltrimethylammonium tetrafluoroborate (CTA-BF4), together with the salt formed by the respective counterions bmim+and Br− in solution. For αCTA-Br ≠ 0.5, furthermore of the mentioned compounds, the spare bmim-BF4 (for αCTA-Br < 0.5) or CTA-Br (for αCTA-Br > 0.5), are also present in the aqueous solution. Systems containing excess of bmim-BF4 show a low critical aggregate concentration (cac), but an unexpected high surface tension at cac (γcac ≈ 53–56 mN/m), as pure CTA-BF4. For systems containing excess of CTA-Br, cac increases but γcac decreases up to 36 mN/m. Mixtures of pure CTA-BF4 and bmim-BF4 or CTA-Br behave as typical binary surfactant systems.