Effects of Polypropylene Glycol at Very Low Concentrations on Rheological Properties at the Air–Water Interface and Foam Stability of Sodium Bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate Aqueous Solutions

Abstract

The present study investigates the effects of very low concentrations of polypropylene glycol (PPG) on the rheological properties of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) aqueous solutions at the surface for the precise control of foam properties. Langmuir trough experiments and Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) of the AOT monolayer on the surfaces of PPG aqueous solutions indicated that a very low concentration of PPG increased the number of AOT molecules at the surface. Viscoelastic behaviors at the surface and surface tension isotherms in mixed aqueous solutions of AOT and PPG revealed that AOT interacted with PPG in the surface and bulk phase. A modified Ross−Miles method was performed to assess the foam stabilities of AOT aqueous solutions with and without PPG. The stabilization of foam by PPG was attributed to the rheological properties of AOT aqueous solutions at the surface.

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“…In 1994, this method was improved and evaluated as the National Standard of the People's Republic of China GB/T 7462‐94. Studies have shown that the liquid to be tested is preheated in a water bath, then transferred it to a volumetric flask, unscrewed the valve to be tested to flow out and finally recorded the foam volume after a certain period of time (Aono et al ., 2020). Some researchers improved the Ross–Miles method in 2004 (Denkov, 2004).…”