Effects of Mixtures of Alkanes on the Bending Rigidity Constant K of AOT Monolayers at the Planar Oil-Water Interface
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We have studied the phase diagrams of brine/oil/AOT mixtures m which the oils are mixtures of octane and tetradecane and the amount of AOT is small In addition, the properties of the AOT monolayer at the brine/oft interface as a function of the volume fraction # of tetradecane in the oil have been measured. The values of the interfacial tension and the phase diagram behaviour show that the Equivalent Alkane Carbon Number concept is valid m these systems, where a small change of ~ induces a large change in the phase diagram. In addition we show that this concept applies to the bending elastic modulus K and probably to the saddle
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