SOME PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF SOAP/SOLVENT SYSTEMS AND THEIR RELATION TO THE SOLUBILITY PARAMETER OF THE SOLVENT,

Abstract

Certain solubility-linked physical properties of soap/ solvent systems have been shown to be functions of the solubility parameter of the solvent. The lowest critical solution temperatures for zinc and lead stearates occur in solvents having a solubility parameter of 8.9. Maximum swelling of lithium and sodium stearate/solvent systems occurs at a solvent solubility parameter of 9.3. In addition, the gel/jelly-or-sol transition temperatures for aluminum dilaurate/solvent systems have been shown to be an approximately linear function of solvent solubility parameter. A qualitative explanation for the observed results is based upon an analogy to high polymer/solvent systems. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 21, 1964
Accession Number
AD0606293

Entities

People

  • R. C. Little

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Cleaning Compounds
  • Physical Properties
  • Soaps
  • Solubility
  • Solvents
  • Specialty Uses Of Chemicals
  • Stearates
  • Transition Temperature
  • Transitions

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  • Polymer Science and Technology