Surfactant Adsorption Dynamics

The rates of adsorption and desorption of surfactants on solid surfaces were investigated using a packed bed apparatus. Using a first order kinetic expression, adsorption and desorption coefficients were obtained by fitting observed peaks from slug input experiments. All adsorption and desorption coefficients were within one order of magnitude of each other, regardless of the charge of the surfactant and surface, and always significantly less than the diffusion limit.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Grow, Dana Torrence

• Engineering, Chemical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8203474

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/66648