The behaviour of monolayers of copolymers of oxyethylene and oxypropylene (UH29 and UH68), polypropylene glycol (UHPPG)and their binary mixtures on air-water interface has been investigated carefully on compression-ex...The behaviour of monolayers of copolymers of oxyethylene and oxypropylene (UH29 and UH68), polypropylene glycol (UHPPG)and their binary mixtures on air-water interface has been investigated carefully on compression-expansion cycles. The first compression isotherm is approximately an equilibrium one. In the UHPPG-UH29 and UHPPG-UH68 systems, the calculated average π-a curves based on simple additivity of the two individual components coincide with the experimental results reasonably well. It is suggested that the two components are miscible and form near-ideal solution at the air-water interface. The compression-expansion cycle experiments shows some degree of hysteresis. The order of degree of hysteresis for individual components is UH68>UH29>UHPPG. The explanation for the hysteresis is proposed.展开更多
文摘The behaviour of monolayers of copolymers of oxyethylene and oxypropylene (UH29 and UH68), polypropylene glycol (UHPPG)and their binary mixtures on air-water interface has been investigated carefully on compression-expansion cycles. The first compression isotherm is approximately an equilibrium one. In the UHPPG-UH29 and UHPPG-UH68 systems, the calculated average π-a curves based on simple additivity of the two individual components coincide with the experimental results reasonably well. It is suggested that the two components are miscible and form near-ideal solution at the air-water interface. The compression-expansion cycle experiments shows some degree of hysteresis. The order of degree of hysteresis for individual components is UH68>UH29>UHPPG. The explanation for the hysteresis is proposed.
