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Several surfactants of the anionic, cationic and nonionic type, were used to solubilize corn oil but without success. This is not usual as micellar solubilization of many water-insoluble compounds has been known for a long time. The fact that micelles are formed in aqueous solutions of surfactants above the cmc and that micelles do have the ability to solubilize a variety of substances that are insoluble or sparingly soluble in water is universal. However, it seems difficult to solubilize corn oil under the experimental conditions of the present study, though some degree of solubilization apparently did occur in two of the nonionic surfactant systems. Perhaps, the surfactants employed are not effective solubilizers of corn oil.
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Wan, L.S.C. (1982). Non-Solubilization of Corn Oil in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions. In: Mittal, K.L., Fendler, E.J. (eds) Solution Behavior of Surfactants. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3494-1_13
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