SURFACTANT-OIL-WATER SYSTEMS NEAR THE AFFINITY INVERSION PART IV: EMULSION INVERSION TEMPERATURE

Abstract

ABSTRACT The bidimensional Temperature-WOR map of emulsion inversion with nonionic surfactant systems is essentially similar to the general forxnulation-WOR phenomenology. This suggests that the temperature may be included in the deviation from optimum formulation for three-phase behavior, as well as emulsion inversion phenomena. At low ethylene oxide content, low surfactant concentration,and relatively high oil alkane carbon numbers, some distorsion