A interação entre três corantes aniônicos azo: C.I. Vermelho Ácido 14 (AR14), C.I. Vermelho Ácido 1 (AR1), C.I. Laranja Ácido 7 (AO7) e um surfactante catiônico, o brometo de tetradeciltrimetilamônio (TTAB), foi investigada por meio da técnica de eletrodo seletivo para surfactante. O eletrodo seletivo para TTAB foi construído e usado para determinar a concentração de monômeros TTAB e, também, de íons surfactantes ligados aos corantes por medidas de força eletromotriz. A constante de formação do complexo corante-surfactante, K 1 , e a variação da energia livre de Gibbs, ΔG 1 0 , foram obtidas a partir dos dados experimentais. Os resultados indicaram que no sistema TTAB/AO7, no qual o corante AO7, mais hidrofóbico, é usado, as interações corante-surfactante são mais fortes do que em outros sistemas. Os resultados também indicaram que ambas interações, hidrofóbica e atração eletrostática, são muito importantes para a formação do complexo entre os corantes e o surfactante. A capacidade máxima de ligação dos corantes de cargas opostas e também o grau de ligação do surfactante aos corantes foram calculados a partir dos dados experimentais.Interaction between three anionic azo dyes, C.I. Acid Red 14 (AR14), C.I. Acid Red 1 (AR1), C.I. Acid Orange 7 (AO7) and a cationic surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) has been investigated using surfactant selective electrode technique. The TTAB selective electrode was constructed and used to determine the concentration of TTAB monomers and also surfactant ions bounded to dyes by electromotive force data. The dye-surfactant complex formation constant, K 1 , and the standard free energy change, ΔG 1 0 , could be obtained from the experimental data. The results indicate that in the TTAB/AO7 system, where the more hydrophobic dye AO7 is used, the dye-surfactant interactions are stronger than in other systems. The results also indicate that both the electrostatic attractive and the hydrophobic interactions are very important for the formation of the complex between the oppositely-charged dyes and the surfactant. Maximum binding capacities of the dyes and also the degree of binding of the surfactant to the dyes were calculated from the experimental data.Keywords: ion selective electrode, anionic azo dye, dye-surfactant interactions, TTAB, Acid Red 14, Acid Red 1, Acid Orange 7
IntroductionThe use of water as a medium for textile processing ideally requires that liquid wets the fiber surfaces quickly and uniformly, and here surfactants play a useful role. In addition, surfactants are required for detergency, achievement of level dyeing, and so on. The choice of a particular surfactant for a particular purpose depends on its ability for interaction to fibers and/or other components in the system. Surfactants contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties and are adsorbed at interfaces between phases, lowering their interfacial tension.
1Surfactants are extensively used in our daily life and also in various industrial processes such as textiles, pulp and paper, paints, ...