Phase Behavior and Emulsion Stability of the Aot/Decane/ Water/NaCl System at Very Low Volume Fractions of Oil

2014/10/09 by Yithanllili Bastidas, Lisset Hernaandez, Bastidas, Yithanllili +7
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft) #cond-mat.soft

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1410.2629

38 pages, 11 figures. appears in RCEIF, Vol. 3 (2014)

arxiv created 2014/10/09 · arxiv updated 2014/10/13

Abstract

The stability of a ternary system composed of decane/water/Aerosol-OT and salt is revisited. Phase diagrams and emulsions similar in composition to those previously studied by Hofman and Stein [Hofman, 1991] were made. Ac- cording to our results, and contrary to the common experience, these systems exhibit a maximum of stability very close to the balance zone.

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