THE REGULATION OF COLLOID-CHEMICAL PROPER TIES OF CATIONIC SURFACTANTS

The colloid-chemical properties of the aqueous solution of long-chain aliphatic amines and their oxyethylene derivatives have been investiga ted by the tensiometric and viscosimetric methods. The correlation bet ween the structure of surfactant molecules and their behavior in solut ion has been established that makes it possible to predict the possibi lity of application of different surfactants for emulsification of var ious hydrocarbons changing their hydrophilic-lypophilic balance by reg ulation of the polyoxyethylene chain length.