The thermodynamics of micelle formation of ionic surfactants, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), cetyl pyridinium chloride (CPC), and sodium salt of dioctyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol OT or AOT) have been thoroughly assessed from microcalorimetric, conductometric, and tensiometric measurements, and the results have been rationalized in terms of physicochemical concepts and relations. The past and recent critical micellar concentration (CMC) data on SDS have been considered and compared; the CMCs of SDS, CPC, and AOT determined in this and earlier studies have been processed to evaluate the energetic parameters (free energy, enthalpy, entropy, and heat capacity) of micellization. The effect of the salt, NaCl, on the CMC and energetics of micellization of the surfactants has been also examined.

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Geological information on the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC) has been reviewed with a view to: (a) identifying the different metamorphic episodes; (b) developing an event stratigraphy in the high-grade blocks; and (c) correlating the different metamorphic episodes with the globally extensive orogenic processes. Integrating the existing geological information, the geological evolution of the high-grade block of the CGGC has been divided into four stages associated with four distinct metamorphic events (MI−MIV). The earliest metamorphic event (MI) that is recorded in granulite enclaves in the regionally extensive felsic gneisses culminated in ultrahigh temperatures (>900 °C at c. 5–8 kbar) at around 1.87 Ga. In the second stage, voluminous felsic magmas were intruded – the MI granulites – and were metamorphosed to form migmatitic felsic gneisses (MII) within about 1.66–1.55 Ga. The third stage witnessed intrusions of a suite of anorthosite and porphyritic granitoids (c. 1.55–1.51 Ga), followed by high-grade metamorphism (700±50 °C, 6.5±1 kbar, MIII) during approximately 1.2–0.93 Ga. The fourth stage (MIV) is marked by the intrusion of a suite of mafic dykes, followed by infiltration-driven metamorphism (600–750 °C at 7±1) during 0.87–0.78 Ga. The proposed metamorphic events have been correlated with the supercontinental cycles in the Proterozoic time.

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The micellization characteristics of N-cetyl-N-ethanolyl-N,N-dimethyl and N-cetyl-N,N-diethanolyl-N-methyl ammonium bromides have been investigated by microcalorimetric, conductometric, and fluorimetric techniques. The critical micellar concentration (cmc), counterion binding of micelles, their aggregation number, and thermodynamics of micellization have been evaluated at eight different temperatures in the range of 288-323 K. The Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, entropy, and specific heat of the micellization process have been evaluated by the direct calorimetric method as well as by the indirect method of van't Hoff by processing the cmc results of microcalorimetry and conductometry at different temperatures. The differences of the results obtained by these two procedures have been discussed. The thermodynamic results have been compared with values for the parent compound, N-cetyl-N,N,Ntrimethylammonium bromide, and the effect of the substitution of the ethanolyl group in place of the methyl group on the surfactant head has been rationalized. The effects of the salt NaBr on the thermodynamics of micellization of the studied surfactants have been also studied from the microcalorimetric measurements.

Understanding the evolution of the Chotanagpur Granite Gneiss Complex (CGGC) of the East Indian Shield is crucial to decipher the role of the Indian Shield in the formation of the Rodinia supercontinent. The area around Deoghar–Dumka exposes a suite of granulite-facies orthogneisses (variably retrogressed to amphibole–biotite gneiss) that enclose remnants of Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks. Results from mineral chemistry, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA ICP-MS) U–Pb dating of zircon and limited bulk-rock compositions of the studied rocks suggest that the magmatic protoliths of the felsic orthogneisses had A-type chemistry, and that these were emplaced at approximately 1450 Ma presumably in a continental rift setting. Intense deformation and metamorphism of the felsic rock culminated at approximately 9 kbar and 850°C along an apparent geothermal gradient of 26°C km−1. These peak metamorphic conditions were successively followed by initially a steeply decompressive and then a weakly decompressive retrograde pressure–temperature path. The shape of the retrograde pressure–temperature path and the estimated geothermal gradient at the metamorphic peak are interpreted to be the products of continent–continent collision; U–Pb dates of metamorphic zircon overgrowths suggest an age of approximately 943 Ma for the collisional event. This study demonstrates that ‘Grenville-age’ orogenesis thoroughly reworked the approximately 1450 myr-old basement of the CGGC during the formation of the Rodinia supercontinent.

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