Sulfonates, as surfactants

There are three main uses for naphthalene sulfonic acid derivatives (75—79) as naphthalenic tanning material alkyl naphthalene sulfonates for industrial appHcations as nondetergent wetting agents and as dye intermediates. Consumption of naphthalene sulfonates as surfactants accounts for a large portion of usage. Naphthalene sulfonate—formaldehyde condensates are also used as concrete additives to enhance flow properties. Demand for naphthalene sulfonates in surfactants and dispersent appHcations, particularly in concrete, was expected to increase into the twenty-first century. Consumption as of 1995 was 16 x 10 kg/yr. 

In another work, Z. Chen et al. have added dropwise diluted bromine to Triton X-100 suspended SWNTs and SWNT bundles and observed sedimentation of tube material enriched in metallic SWNTs [128]. No enrichment was observed for experiments using sodium dodecyl sulfonate as surfactant. The authors take this experimental fact as evidence that the enrichment mechanism involves bromine-induced destabilization of the Triton X-100 surfactant shell, with greater specificity for metallic SWNTs. 

Similar experiments were performed by using dodecyl-o-xylene sulfonate as surfactant together with xanthan in NaCl-brine [14]. In this case. 

Industrial Applications. Perfluoroacylbenzene sulfonates, used as additives in fire-extinguishing compounds and galvanizing baths have been prepared (88). Perfluoroacylbenzenesulfonate salts prepared by Friedel-Crafts reaction of perfluoroacyl haUdes and benzene, and subsequent sulfonation have been used as surfactants (89). 

Of the higher alkyinaphthalenes, those of importance are the amyl-, diamyl-, polyamyl-, nonyl-, and dinonylnaphthalenes. These alkyinaphthalenes are used in sulfonated form as surfactants and detergent products. 

Sodium fatty acid ester sulfonates are known to be highly attractive as surfactants. These have good wetting abiHty and exceUent calcium ion stabiHty as weU as high detergency without phosphates, and are used in powders or Hquids. They can also be used in the textile industry, emulsion polymerization, cosmetics, and metal surface fields. Moreover, they are attractive because they are produced from renewable natural resources and their biodegradabiHty is almost as good as alkyl sulfates (134—137). 

In the present work it was studied the dependence of analytical characteristics of the composite SG - polyelectrolyte films obtained by sol-gel technique on the content of non-ionic surfactant in initial sol. Triton X-100 and Tween 20 were examined as surfactants polystyrene sulfonate (PSS), polyvinyl-sulfonic acid (PVSA) or polydimethyl-ammonium chloride (PDMDA) were used as polyelectrolytes. The final films were applied as modificators of glass slides and pyrolytic graphite (PG) electrode surfaces. 

Ci2-Ci3 ether carboxylic acid with 4.5-6 mol EO and Ci2-C15 ether carboxylic acid with 9 mol EO as cosurfactant improve the use of alkyl-o-xylene-sulfonate as primary surfactant at different salinity while maintaining good oil solubilization [189]. It is possible to optimize the surfactant system in relation to the crude oil reservoir characteristics. 

The direct reaction of 1-alkenes with strong sulfonating agents leads to surface-active anionic mixtures containing both alkenesulfonates and hydroxyalkane sulfonates as major products, together with small amounts of disulfonate components, unreacted material, and miscellaneous minor products (alkanes, branched or internal alkenes, secondary alcohols, sulfonate esters, and sultones). Collectively this final process mixture is called a-olefinsulfonate (AOS). The relative proportions of these components are known to be an important determinant of the physical and chemical properties of the surfactant [2]. 

Ethoxylated methylcarboxylates Propoxyethoxy glyceryl sulfonate Alkylpropoxyethoxy sulfate as surfactant, xanthan, and a copolymer of acrylamide and sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonate Carboxymethylated ethoxylated surfactants (CME) Polyethylene oxide (PEG) as a sacrificial adsorbate Polyethylene glycols, propoxylated/ethoxylated alkyl sulfates Mixtures of sulfonates and nonionic alcohols Combination of lignosulfonates and fatty amines Alkyl xylene sulfonates, polyethoxylated alkyl phenols, octaethylene glycol mono n-decyl ether, and tetradecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride Anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), cationic tetradecyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (TTAC), nonionic pentadecylethoxylated nonylphenol (NP-15), and nonionic octaethylene glycol N-dodecyl ether Dimethylalkylamine oxides as cosurfactants and viscosifiers (N-Dodecyl)trimethylammonium bromide Petrochemical sulfonate and propane sulfonate of an ethoxylated alcohol or phenol Petrochemical sulfonate and a-olefin sulfonate... 

The sulfoxidation of aliphatic hydrocarbons is the easiest method for the synthesis of alkylsulfonic acids. Their sodium salts are widely used as surfactive reactants in technology and housekeeping. Platz and Schimmelschmidt [1] were the first to invent this synthetic method. Normal paraffins (Ci4-Cig) are used for the industrial production of alkylsulfonic acids [2-4]. Olefins and alkylaromatic hydrocarbons do not produce sulfonic acids under the action of sulfur dioxide and dioxygen and retard the sulfoxidation of alkanes [5-9],... 

While raising the pH gave some improvements in lather, more improvement was needed. Various co-surfactants, including alkyl sulfates, alkyl aryl sulfonates, and fatty acid taurides were effective in improving the speed of lather when present at levels of around 5%. Cost considerations led to choosing an alkyl aryl sulfonate, particularly sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, as it was already widely used in the formulation of laundry detergents. 

Characterization of the polymer indicates that an application of sodium dodecyl sulfonate as anionic surfactant and sodium persulfate as initiator for both stages leads to a hemisphere particle... 

Industrial surfactants find uses in almost every industry, from asphalt manufacturing to carpet fibers, from pulp and paper production to leather processing. Examples of the types of chemicals used as surfactants are fatty alcohol sulfates, alkanolamides, alkoxylates, sulfosuccinates, amines, quaternaries, phosphate esters, acid esters, blockcopolymers, betaines, imidazolines, alkyl sulfonates, etc. 

In addition to the electrolytic preparation of fluorine, the electrochemical fluorination of carboxylic acid and sulfonic acid derivatives have also become important industrially. The Simons process (Ni anodes, HF as solvent) has been realized industrially by 3 M 69). The most important products are perfluorooctanecarboxylic and perfluorooctanesulfonic acids, which are used as surfactants and for surface treatments. 

It has been shown that the addition of a small amount of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to a microemulsion based on nonionic surfactant increased the rate of decyl sulfonate formation from decyl bromide and sodium sulfite (Scheme 1 of Fig. 2) [59,60]. Addition of minor amounts of the cationic surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium gave either a rate increase or a rate decrease depending on the surfactant counterion. A poorly polarizable counterion, such as acetate, accelerated the reaction. A large, polarizable counterion, such as bromide, on the other hand, gave a slight decrease in reaction rate. The reaction profiles for the different systems are shown in Fig. 12. More recent studies indicate that when chloride is used as surfactant counterion the reaction may at least partly proceed in two steps, first chloride substitutes bromide to give decyl chloride, which reacts with the sulfite ion to give the final product [61]. 

Surfactant-Oil-Electrolyte Systems. In this study we used as surfactants alpha-olefin sulfonates C. , C,., and (anionic surfactants, product of Ethyl Corp.) and Enoraet AE 1215-30 (nonionic surfactant, product of Shell Development Co.). For all easurements, the surfactant concentration was chosen at 3.16 x 10 mol/1, several times above the critical micelle concentration (cmc). These particular surfactants (and concentrations) were chosen on the basis of industrial applications (6,7,15). 

It was observed that the formulations consisting of ethoxylated sulfonates and petroleum sulfonates are relatively insensitive to divalent cations. The results show that a minimum in coalescence rate, interfacial tension, surfactant loss, apparent viscosity and a maximum in oil recovery are observed at the optimal salinity of the system. The flattening rate of an oil drop in a surfactant formulation increases strikingly in the presence of alcohol. It appears that the addition of alcohol promotes the mass transfer of surfactant from the aqueous phase to the interface. The addition of alcohol also promotes the coalescence of oil drops, presumably due to a decrease in the interfacial viscosity. Some novel concepts such as surfactant-polymer incompatibility, injection of an oil bank and demulsification to promote oil recovery have been discussed for surfactant flooding processes. 

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