Thermodynamic and kinetic parameters associated with the exchange process involving alcohols and micelles

Abstract

The partition coefficients of the alcohols butan-1-ol → hexan-1-ol between water and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide micelles have been obtained from solubility experiments. These results have been combined with previously obtained ultrasonic relaxation data to derive the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters associated with the exchange process involving alcohol molecules and cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide micelles. Bearing in mind the simplicity of the approaches taken to interpret the equilibrium and kinetic measurements, there is remarkable self-consistency in the data.