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The effect of urea on micelle formation of zwitterionic surfactants was investigated by measuring conductivity, critical micelle concentration (CMC), relative viscosity, and the spectrophotometric shift in wavelength. We examined two zwitterionic surfactants, N,N-dimethyl dodecylamine N-oxide and N,N-dimethyl tetradecylamine N-oxide (DMTAO). The CMC values of the surfactants increased with the addition of urea. Also, the relative viscosity of the surfactant solutions decreased at higher concentrations of urea and increased with increasing KCl concentration. The absorbance maxima of the surfactants decreased with increasing urea concentration.
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Abbreviations
- CMC:
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critical micelle concentration
- DMDAO:
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N,N-dimethyl dodecylamine N-oxide
- DMTAO:
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N,N-dimethyl tetradecylamine N-oxide
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El-Aila, H.J.Y. Effect of urea and salt on micelle formation of zwitterionic surfactants. J Surfact Deterg 8, 165–168 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-005-342-6
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