Study on the surface activity and aggregation behavior of a polyether surfactant for acidification

Abstract

Abstract Four kinds of biological phenolamine resin block ethers (BPPC) surfactants with different molecular weights were synthesized from biological phenol, formaldehyde and polyvinyl polyamines. The structure of BPPC was characterized by Ft-ir and H NMR. The surface properties of BPPC polyether surfactant and the change curve of surface tension with concentration in aqueous solution at different temperature were studied by surface tension method. The results showed that the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of BPPC and the γcmc increased with the increase of EO content. With the increase of molecular weight, number of branched chains and length of branched chains, cmc and γcmc decreased. The thermodynamic calculation results show that BPPC shows enthalpy/entropy compensation during micellization in aqueous solution. The compensation temperature T was all (300±2) K, and with the increase of molecular weight, number of branched chains and length of branched chains, the stability of BPPC formed in aqueous solution was enhanced.