Mikroemulsi berubah
reversibel tergantung :
komposisi dan temperatur
• Definition: Stability
liquid/liquid Solubilizingpower
system Activity enhancement
– spherical droplets
of less than 100
• Appearance:
nm
– transparency
– fluidity
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A NEW APPEARANCE FOR A NEW
PERFORMANCE
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STRUCTURE
= 10 to 100 nm
OIL
WATER
Cosurfactan
t
Surfactant
S : Forms the interfacial film
CoS: Reduces the interfacial tension, therefore reduces the
droplet size 6
Solution Micellar solution Micelle containing
(5 nm) solubilized oil
O/W
microemulsio
OIL O/W emulsion
n
(1000 nm)
(20 nm)
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AN ORIGINAL
MICROSTRUCTURE
O
W O W
OIL
cosurfactant WATER
surfactant
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COMPOSITION : Quartenary
System
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SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS
• Thermodynamic
• Transparency: very
stability
small particle size
• Low interfacial (10 to
tension 100 nm)
• Spontaneous • Isotropy
formation (no
• Low viscosity
mechanical energy
required) • Newtonian fluid
• High solubilizing
power 12
Main difference between emulsions and
microemulsions
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Diagram fase tdd :
1 daerah satu fase B
Daerah tiga fase 3 daerah dua fase A, C,D
1 daerah tiga fase