TY - JOUR AU - Ilic, Marija AU - Haegel, Franz-Hubert AU - Pavelkic, Vesna AU - Zlatanovic, Dragan AU - Nikolic-Mandic, Snezana AU - Lolic, Aleksandar AU - Nedic, Zoran TI - The influence of alkyl polyglucosides (and highly ethoxylated alcohol boosters) on the phase behavior of a water/toluene/technical alkyl polyethoxylate microemulsion system JO - Chemical industry & chemical engineering quarterly VL - 22 IS - 1 SN - 1451-9372 CY - Belgrade PB - ASSOC CHEMICAL ENG, KNEZA MILOSO 9-I, BELGRADE, 11000, SERBIA M1 - FZJ-2016-06515 SP - 27 - 32 PY - 2016 AB - The influence of additives (alkyl polyglucoside, Glucopon 600 CS UP and alcohol ethoxylate C18E100) on the behavior of the water/toluene/Lutensol ON 50 (technical oxoalcohol, i-C10E5) microemulsion system as a function of temperature and composition has been investigated. The phase behavior of the microemulsions was determined by vertical sections through the Gibbs phase prism (fish-like phase diagrams). Alkyl polyglucoside shifts the one phase region to lower temperatures compared with water/toluene/Lutensol ON 50 mixtures. This is contrary to the expectation, considering the extreme hydrophilic nature of the sugar headgroup. The addition of hydrophilic alcohol ethoxylate (C18E100) to the water/toluene/Lutensol ON 50 system increases the solubilization capacity of the surfactant, even if the co-surfactant is used in small quantities, and shifts the one-phase region to higher temperature by a few degrees Celsius. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 172051] LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000374140200004 DO - DOI:10.2298/CICEQ141105015I UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/823876 ER -