Emulsions, Microemulsions, and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals - Surface and Colloid Chemistry: Principles and Applications - page 175

Oil

Water

Oil

Oil in Water

Water + S

Oil

Oil in Water
Emulsion

Water

(a) (b)

FIGure 9.1

Mixing of oil and water (a) or oil and water + surfactant (b) by shaking.

table 9.1
magnitudes of Interfacial tensions of
different organic liquids against
Water (20°c)

oil Phase IFt (mn/m)

Hexadecane 52

Tetradecane 52

Dodecane 51

Decane 51

Octane 51

Hexane 51

Benzene 35

Toluene 36

CCl 4 45

CCl 3 32

Oleic acid 16

Octanol 9

Hexanol 7

Butanol 2