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A Novel Alkyl Sulphobetaine Gemini Surfactant Based on S-triazine: Synthesis and Properties

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A series of alkyl sulphobetaine Gemini surfactants C n -GSBS (n = 8, 10, 12, 14, 16) was synthesized, using aliphatic amine, cyanuric chloride, ethylenediamine, N,N′-dimethyl-1,3-propyldiamine and sodium 2-chloroethane sulfonate as main raw materials. The chemical structures were confirmed by FT-IR, 1H NMR and elemental analysis. The Krafft points differ markedly with different carbon chain length, for C8-GSBS, C10-GSBS and C12-GSBS are considered to be below 0 °C and C14-GSBS, C16-GSBS are higher than 0 °C but lower than room temperature. Surface-active properties were studied by surface tension and electrical conductivity. Critical micelle concentrations were much lower than dodecyl sulphobetaine (BS-12) and decreased with increasing length of the carbon chain from 8 to 16, and can reach a minimum as low as 5 × 10−5 mol L−1 for C16-GSBS. Effects of carbon chain length and concentration of C n -GSBS on crude oil emulsion stability were also investigated and discussed.

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    Ruixia Niu, Chao Wang, Biao Long, Hua Song, Weidong Ren, Daqiang Wang & Junyao He

  2. Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, Northeast Agricultural University, No. 59 Timber Street, Harbin, China

    Zhigang Sun

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Niu, R., Wang, C., Sun, Z. et al. A Novel Alkyl Sulphobetaine Gemini Surfactant Based on S-triazine: Synthesis and Properties. J Surfact Deterg 20, 1255–1262 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-017-1996-y

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