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Adsorption coefficient Glossar

The adsorption coefficient (adsorption constant) is a measure of the speed at which molecules of a Adsorptio
surfactant are adsorbed at the surface. Advancin
Baseline
Bubble pr
Background Captive b

Surfactant molecules become enriched at the surface and align themselves in such a way that Circle met
molecule groups with higher affinity to the volume phase are aligned inwards and those with less Critical m
affinity are aligned outwards. In doing so, the surface tension decreases with increasing surface Conic sect
concentration. The transient behaviour of the adsorption process, which becomes slower with
Contact a
increasing surface concentration, has been described by Ward and Tordai by means of the following
equation: Critical su
Diffusion
Dispersive
Drop shap
Drop volu
Du Noüy
Dynamic
(σt = Surface tension at surface age t; σeq = Surface tension in dynamic equilibrium; t = Surface age; Dynamic
R = Universal gas constant; T = Absolute temperature; Γ = Surface excess concentration; c = Molar
concentration of the solution; Dl = Adsorption coefficient) Emulsion
Equation
The surface excess concentration Γ is the area-related concentration of the surfactant at the interface Extended
and can be obtained by measuring the CMC. The adsorption coefficient can be determined with the
help of a bubble pressure tensiometer which measures the surface tension as a function of surface
age.

Related
As well as the adsorption, the rate of change of surface tension is also determined by the diffusion of
the volume phase at the interface, as a result of which it is also expedient to determine the diffusion BP100
coefficient. Which process requires more time depends on the concentration of the solution and to
what extent the interface is already overlaid with surfactant molecules. Depending on the conditions,
the diffusion or the adsorption can become the rate determining step.

Bibliography
P. Joos, E. Rillaerts: Theory on the Determination of the Dynamic Surface Tension with the Drop
Volume and Maximum Bubble Pressure Methods. J. Coll. Interf. Sci. 79/1, 1981, P. 96-100.
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