Isothermal Crystallization Kinetics of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate–Water Micellar Solutions
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Accepted version
Accepted version
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The crystallization mechanisms and kinetics of micellar sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solutions in water, under isothermal conditions, were investigated experimentally by a combination of reflection optical microscopy (OM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). The rates of nucleation and growth were estimated from OM and DSC across temperatures ranging from 20 to −6 °C for 20% SDS-H2O, as well as for 10 and 30% SDS-H2O at representative temperatures of 6, 2, and −2 °C. A decrease in temperature increased both nucleation and growth rates, and the combined effect of the two processes on the morphology was quantified via both OM and ATR-FTIR. Needles, corresponding to the hemihydrate polymorph, become the dominant crystal form at ≤ −2 °C, while platelets, the monohydrate, predominate at higher temperatures. Above 8 °C, crystallization was only observed if seeded from crystals generated at lower temperatures. Our results provide quantitative and morphological insight into the crystallization of ubiquitous micellar SDS solutions and its phase stability below room temperature.
Date Issued
2016-04-18
Date Acceptance
2016-04-17
Citation
Crystal Growth & Design, 2016, 16 (6), pp.3379-3388
ISSN
1528-7505
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
3379
End Page
3388
Journal / Book Title
Crystal Growth & Design
Volume
16
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Crystal Growth & Design, © 2016 American Chemical Society, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00353.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Ltd
Grant Number
EP/K503733/1
EP/L022176/1
EP/L020564/1
G4P-4502554341 'Robles'
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Crystallography
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Materials Science
COLD-CRYSTALLIZATION
AQUEOUS-SOLUTIONS
CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY
AVRAMI-EQUATION
SHAPE EVOLUTION
ALKYL SULFATES
PHASE
NUCLEATION
GROWTH
BEHAVIOR
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural)
0912 Materials Engineering
0302 Inorganic Chemistry
Publication Status
Published