Comparison of oleyl and elaidyl isomer surfactant–counterion systems in drag reduction, rheological properties and nanostructure
2011
Qi, Yunying | Kesselman, Ellina | Hart, David J. | Talmon, Yeshayahu | Mateo, Anthony | Zakin, J. L.
Compared with quaternary ammonium cationic surfactants with saturated alkyl chains, quaternary ammonium cationic surfactants with one double-bond in their alkyl chains, when mixed with appropriate counterions (in certain molar concentration ratios, ξ), can reach much lower effective drag-reduction temperatures, while maintaining the upper drag-reduction temperature limit of the corresponding saturated drag reducing surfactant solutions. No previous study has compared the effects of cis- vs. trans-unsaturated alkyl hydrocarbon tail configurations (oleyl vs. elaidyl) trimethyl ammonium chloride cationic surfactants at different counterion/surfactant concentration ratios on micellar nanostructures, ¹H NMR spectra and on rheological and drag-reduction behavior of their solutions. Since neither pure oleyl (cis-) nor elaidyl (trans-) trimethyl ammonium chloride surfactants are commercially available, they were synthesized and their 5mM solutions with NaSal counterion at concentrations of 5mM, 7.5mM and 12.5mM were studied.
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