Obtención de floculantes no iónicos y aniónicos (densidad de carga 40%) por polimerización en microemulsión inversa. Influencia del sistema tensioactivo

  1. J.R. Ochoa Gómez 1
  2. M. Muñoz Hernández 1
  3. P.M. Sasía Santos 2
  4. N. Gómez 2
  5. F. Río 3
  6. E. Díaz de Apodaca 3
  7. B. Valle 3
  8. F.J. Escudero 3
  9. M.C. Rodríguez Fernández 4
  1. 1 Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio
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    Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio

    Villanueva de la Cañada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/054ewwr15

  2. 2 ACIdEKA
  3. 3 LEIA C.D.T
  4. 4 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Revista:
Revista Iberoamericana de Polímeros

ISSN: 0121-6651 1988-4206

Ano de publicación: 2003

Volume: 4

Número: 4

Páxinas: 14-29

Tipo: Artigo

Outras publicacións en: Revista Iberoamericana de Polímeros

Resumo

Stability of polymeric flocculants in inverse microemulsion has been related to the selection of surfactant mixtures selected on the basis of both CER (cohesive energy ratio) and packing parameter¥s theories. However, current experimental data have been obtained by using only one surfactant system based on sorbitol oleates and sorbitan sesquioleate. In this paper, the influence of the surfactant system has been deeper studied. Several surfactant mixtures of different chemical and structural characteristics have been studied. Experimental results show that the abovementioned theories are not sufficient to explain said stability. A series of general rules that a surfactant system has to meet for obtaining stable inverse microemulsions of anionic polymeric flocculants, based on acrylamide and sodium acrylate, have been deduced: a hydrophobic surfactant chain length of at least 18 carbon atoms and at least one double bond on each hydrophobic chain. Hydrophobic chain volume, related to the number of hydrophobic chains of each component of the surfactant system, has a secondary influence in comparison with the hydrocarbon chain length.