1000 e 2 N A
=
r 0k B T
1
2
+
+
+
-
Diffuse layer
+
+
+
-
+
-
+
+
-
1/
z i2C i
i
Stern plane
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Potential
Charged Surface
Diffuse layer
Distance
Distance
d
Charge reversal due to adsorption of
Surfactant counter-ion
A + B AB = WAB
A, B = Surface free energy per unit area for material A and B, respectively.
AB = Interfacial free energy per unit area between material A and B.
WAB = Work of adhesion (per unit area), which is the work required to separate
the two blocks of material.
A + B is the total surface free energy in the
final state (state 2), and AB accounts for the
interfacial energy between the two materials in
the initial state (state 1).
If materials A and B are the same, then AA =
BB = 0, and W AA = 2 A and W BB = 2 B
WAA (or WBB) is the work of cohesion. The
work of cohesion is simply the work required
to create two surfaces of the same material.
1
2
AB = (WAA + WAB ) W AB
State 1
State 2
Cohesive forces > adhesive forces: If the liquid molecules are more strongly
attracted to each other than the molecules of the solid surface the liquid beads-up
and does not wet the surface.
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Surface tension
Force per unit length is ,
l
The work done in extending the movable member
a distance dx is
Work = l dx = dA; l dx = dA
Unit: CGS ergs/cm2 ( energy/ area) or dyn/cm (force/length); SI: J/m2 or N/m
Soap bubble:
is in terms of energy per unit area. In the absence of gravitational or other forces, a soap bubble is
spherical, as this is the shape of minimum surface area for an enclosed volume. A soap bubble of
radius r has a total surface free energy 4
r2.
If the radius were to decrease by dr the change in surface free energy would be 4
r2 - 4
(r-dr)2 =
8
rdr.
Shrinking decreases the surface energy, that must be balanced by a pressure difference across the
film P. The work against this pressure difference is equal to decrease in surface free energy
P 4
r2dr = rdr or P = 2 /r
Smaller the bubble grater the pressure of the air inside.
(1)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
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G
P, T
A
(11)
(12)
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Similarly
x + dx R1 + dz dx 1
=
=
x
R1
xdz R1
(5)
dy 1
=
ydz R2
Finally,
1 1
P = PC Pv = +
R1 R2
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R1, R2 Pc = Pv
R1 Pc Pv = /R
R1 = R2 = R Pc Pv = 2 /R
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(b)
Example: (a) A soap film is formed at the ends of two straws, in this case, there
is no pressure difference across the interface. There fore, 1/R1 + 1/R2 = 0 or R1
= - R2. This example also illustrates the fact that curvature can be positive or
negative.
(b) A water film is trapped between two glass slides (b), the air/water interface
can be approximated as a locally cylindrical interface, which means that Patm
Pw = /R, where Pw is the pressure in the water film. Since there is an excess
pressure pressing the two slides together, it is difficult to pull the slides apart.
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For liquid
p0 +p
G =
VLdp = VLp =
p0
2VL
Rs
(1)
(2)
When liquid and vapor are at equilibrium, these two values of G are
equal
p 2V
2M
RT ln = L =
Rs
p0 Rs
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Capillary-rise method
Consider a semi-submersed capillary tube as
shown in Figure. Using the Young-Laplace
equation, we can write
(1)
1
1
Pg ( h ) Pl ( h ) =
+
R1 R 2
2
b
(2)
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Capillary-rise method
Now, we also know that, at z = 0,
Pg(0) = Pl(0)
(3)
[Pg(h) Pg(0)] [Pl(h) Pl(0)] = 2/b
(4)
ggh + lgh = 2 /b = gh(g + l)
(5)
where g and l are the gas and liquid densities, respectively.
If the contact angle, , equals to 0, then b = r, the radius of the
capillary tube.
1
= ( l g )ghr
2
(6)
If 0, then, for a narrow tube, we can treat the meniscus as part
of a sphere. The contact angle can then be expressed as
cos = r/b or b = r/cos
(7)
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Capillary-rise method
Substituting b in equation (5) we get
2 cos
= ( l g )gh
r
( l g )ghr
=
2 cos
or
) ga
(8)
(9)
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Drop-weight method
Consider the situation where a liquid drop is hanging at the end of a
tube. Assuming that at the point of detachment, the shape of the
drop is as shown in Figure (a), and the surface-tension force is
acting upward.
The force pulling upward is given by
F = 2r
where is the surface tension.
By force balance, F is equal to the
weight of the drop, i.e.
2r = drop weight
Drop-weight method
In practice, however, we need a correction factor, f, to account for
the real weight of the drop, i.e.
2rf = Vg
where is the liquid density and V is the drop volume, determined
by V = m/, where m is the measured mass of the drop. Thus, the
surface tension can be obtained as = Vg
2rf
1
2
1V
2V
1
2
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DuNouy-ring method
For a ring total force
F = Wring + 2(2
r)
Ideal surface tension can be determined as
=
F W ring
4 r
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DuNouy-ring method
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Wilhelmy-plate method
The principle involved in this method is the same as that in
the DuNouy-ring method.
L cos = F Wplate
where L = 2(l + t) is the wetted length, l and t are the length
and thickness of the plate, is the surface tension, is the
contact angle, and Wplate is the weight of the plate.
The surface tension can therefore be
expressed as
F W plate
=
L cos
If the plate is completely wetted by the
liquid, then = 0. Platinum plates are
often used for this purpose, since the
contact angle of most liquids against a
platinum plate is zero.
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1 d
c 2 d
2 =
=
RT d ln c 2
RT dc 2
Slope
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Contact Angle
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Types of wetting
1. Spreading wetting
2. Adhesional wetting
3. Immersional wetting
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Fluorocarbon surfaces have characteristically low critical surface tensions and have well known
application in non stick surfaces
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Incomplete removal
Solid surface
Mechanism:
1. Wetting of solid surface
2. Low oil water interfacial tension
OW
S
Water
SO
Solid surface
cos =
SW
SO
OW
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Artificial UWR
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Water droplets are able to pick-up the dirt particles and remove them from the
surface, Lotus effect.
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Superhydrophobic surfaces
Superhydrophobic materials have surfaces that are extremely difficult to wet with
water and therefore are of considerable interest for various industrial applications.
The Lotus Effect is based on this principle. Hydrophile on the other hand refers to a
physical property of a molecule that can transiently bond with water (H2O) through
hydrogen bonding, the exact opposite of hydrophobes
Superhydrophobic materials have surfaces that are extremely difficult to wet with
water and therefore are of considerable interest for various industrial applications.
Potential industrial applications are self cleaning windows and windshields, hard disks
and magnetic tapes
Surfaces with a contact angle between 150 and 180 are called superhydrophobic.
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The equation shows roughness drives the contact angle away from 90, either
toward complete wetting if < 90 or to nonwetting if > 90.
R = 5, = 100 ; * = 150 ; R = 5, = 80 ; * = 30
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Emulsion/Microemulsion
Emulsion: An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible (unblendable) substances. One
substance (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in the other (the continuous phase).
The emulsion is normally called macroemulsion.
Size range: Macroemulsion are usally seze between 0.1 m to 10 m.
Microemulsion: Microemulsion is defined as a thermodynamically stable phase
consists of ternary mixtures of oil-surfactant-water or quaternary mixtures of oilsurfactant-cosurfactant-water.
Size range: Their average particle size may fall in the range of 5-100 nm.
A surfactant mixed with a cosurfactant in a certain proportion is most often
convenient.
Cosurfactants: Lower alkanols like butanol, pentanol and hexanol, and amines like
butylamine, hexylamine.
Role of cosurfactant: their presence in the interface between water and oil imparts
flexibility, in addition to lowering the interfacial tension causing easier surface
bending to energetically favored dispersion.
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Reverse micelle
Normal micelle
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Emulsion: ~ 1 m, emulsion is milky; 1-0.1 m, blue white; 0.1-0.5 m, gray and semi
transparent; less than 0.5 m, Transperent.
Normal emulsion: Kinetically stable
Microemulsion: Thermodynamicallt stable
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Different phases
1. Dispersion of oil in water (o/w) in contact with essentially oil Winsor I;
2. Dispersion of water in oil (w/o) in contact with essentially water Winsor II;
3. Both o/w and w/o dispersions are simultaneously present in the same domain
in mixed state in separate contacts with both oil and water Winsor III;
4. A homogeneous single phase of dispersion either o/w or w/o not in contact
with any other phase Winsor IV .
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Application of Microemulsion
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR): Roughly 20% of the unrecoverable
underground oil can be obtained by the EOR process. The oil remains
trappedin the reservoir because of high interfacial tension (about 2025
mN/m) between the crude oil and reservoir brine. If the interfacial tension
can be reduced to around 103 mN/m, a substantial fraction of the residual
oil in the porous media in which it is trapped can be
mobilized.
Microemulsions in detergency: Microemulsions are promising systems for
detergency purposes over traditionally-used organic solvents, as they can
solubilize polar (e.g., salt, pigment, protein) and non-polar soil components
(e.g., grease, oil).
Microemulsions in cosmetics: In many cosmetic applications such as skin
care products, emulsions are widely used with water as the continuous
phase.
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Application of Microemulsion
Microemulsions in agrochemicals:
Microemulsions in environmental remediation and detoxification:
Microemulsion in pharmaceuticals:
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WE = OE + OWcos
; WE > OE;
<90, cos < 1
W/O emulsion formed
OE = WE + OWcos
; OE > WE
<90, cos < 1
O/W emulsion formed
If, at the contact between oil, water, and emulsifier, the oil contact
angle (the contact angle, measured in the oil phase) is less than 90,
then the oil surface is concave toward the water, producing a W/O
water
emulsion.
On the other hand, if at the same oilwateremulsifier contact, the
water contact angle is less than 90, then the water surfact is concave
toward the oil, producing an O/W emulsion.
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