Aqueous Phase Microemulsions Employing N-Methyl-N-d-glucalkanamide Surfactants with Chlorinated Hydrocarbons

Triacylglycerol microemulsions stabilized by alkyl ethoxylate surfactants—A basic study

“…Wade correlated the phase behavior of technical chlorinated hydrocarbons with the phase behavior of well-defined n-alkane systems [26,27]. In Fig.…”

Phase behavior studies of quaternary systems containing N-lauroyl-N-methylglucamide/alcohol/alkane/water

“…In recent years, much attention has been paid to the nonionic green surfactants N -acyl-N -alkylglucamides (NAGAs), due to their compatibility, relatively low toxicity, minimal environmental impact, and synergistic effects when combined with other surfactants [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. These surfactants can be synthesized from carbohydrate raw materials: sucrose, glucose, and sorbitol, which are available on the world market in large quantities and at competitive prices [11][12][13][14].…”

“…Small temperature effects on CMC and micelle structures were found, due to its strong hydrogen bond with water. An important potential use for MEGA-n is in microemulsion formations, and it was found that various combinations of different MEGA-n succeeded in producing Winsor-type microemulsions at room temperature with many chlorinated hydrocarbons, which is in favor of the surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation (SEAR) [6,7].…”

Water/Chlorocarbon Winsor I ⇔ III ⇔ II Microemulsion Phase Behavior with Alkyl Glucamide Surfactants

“…Our attention was then drawn to the recent patent literature, which taught the production of glucamine based surfactants (9) The alkyl glucamide surfactants syntheses have been established previously (10). The notation used to label these surfactants has the A referring to the surfactant being a glucamine followed by a number, which represents the number of carbons in the acid that is combined with the glucamine to prepare the glucamide surfactant.…”