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Chemosphere

Title:		Enhanced naphthalene solubility in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate: effect of critical micelle concentration
Author(s):		Huang HL; Lee WM;
Address:		"Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC"
Journal Title:		Chemosphere
Year:		2001
Volume:		44
Issue:		5
Page Number:		963 - 972
DOI:		10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00367-2
ISSN/ISBN:		0045-6535 (Print) 0045-6535 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Surfactants can increase the solubility of non-polar compounds, and have been applied in areas such as soil washing and treatment of non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs). This investigation explored the feasibility of removing vapor phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) from gases using an anionic surfactant. The solubility of vapor phase naphthalene was measured herein using gas chromatograph (GC) with a photon ionization detector (PID). The measurement results indicated that surfactant molecules were not favorable to micelle formation when temperatures increased from 25 degrees C to 50 degrees C. Regardless of whether solutions were quiescent or agitated, equilibrium naphthalene apparent solubility increased linearly with surfactant concentrations exceeding critical micelle concentration (CMC). The pH effects on naphthalene apparent solubility were small. Agitation increased naphthalene apparent solubility and lumped mass transfer coefficients. Furthermore, lumped mass transfer coefficients decreased with increasing surfactant concentration owing to increase in interfacial resistance and viscosity and decreased spherical micelle diffusion coefficients. Finally, the net absorption rate increased because the solubilization effects of micelles exceeded the reduction effects of mass transfer coefficient above the CMC. The enhanced naphthalene apparent solubility from the addition of surfactant can be expressed by an enrichment factor (EF). The EF value of naphthalene for the surfactant solution at 0.1 M with agitation at 270 rpm relative to quiescent water could reach 18.6. This work confirms that anionic surfactant can improve the removal efficiency of hydrophobic organic compound (HOC) from the gas phase"
Keywords:		"Chromatography, Gas Environmental Monitoring Micelles Naphthalenes/*chemistry Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/chemistry Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate/*chemistry Soil Pollutants Solubility Surface-Active Agents/*chemistry Volatilization Water/chemistry;"
Notes:		"MedlineHuang, H L Lee, W M eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2001/08/22 Chemosphere. 2001 Aug; 44(5):963-72. doi: 10.1016/s0045-6535(00)00367-2"