Pseudotemary phase diagrams

Moreno, M. A., Ballesteros, M. P., and Frutos, P (2003), Lecithin-based oil-in-water microemulsions for parenteral use pseudotemary phase diagrams, characterization and toxicity studies,/. Pharm. Sci., 92(7), 1428-1437. 

Figure 10.4 Pseudotemary phase diagram showing mono- and biphasic regions of a system comprising surfactant/cosurfactant (s), oil (o), and water (w) and elucidation of w/o-, o/w-, and bicontinuous-type microemulsion zones along with their dispersion level scheme and electron micrographs.

Schomacker [1,2] compared the use of nonionic microemulsions with phase transfer catalysis for several different types of organic reactions and concluded that the former was more laborious because the pseudotemary phase diagram of the system had to be determined and the reaction temperature needed to be carefully monitored. The main advantage of the micro-... 

FIG. 3 Pseudotemary phase diagram for the system dodecane/water in a ratio of 1 1, pentanol, C,o monoglycoside (CiqGi), and Cio,i2 alkyl polyglycoside (APG) (CKV12G13) at 40 C [15]. 

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