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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
The structural examination of the complexes formed between humic acid and cationic surfactants has environmental implications. A humic acid (HA) dissolved in 0.1 M NaOH (5 g/L) was reacted with a cationic surfactant (hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide or CTAB) at initial solution concentrations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 mM. The HA precipitated at CTAB concentrations of 20, 30, and 50 mM but the complexes were soluble at 40 mM and below 20 mM. The charge neutralization between humic acid anions and CTAB micelles and the subsequent charge reversal due to hydrophobic interactions explain the behavior of the HA-CTAB complexes. The HA solution (5 g/L), reaction products (supernatants and precipitates), and pure cationic surfactant solutions were studied by the small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) technique in order to determine the structure of HA-CTAB complexes. The scattering intensity (I(q)) of various HA-CTAB systems were recorded over a range of scattering vectors (q=0.053-4.0 nm(-1)). HA forms networks in an alkaline solution with a characterization length of 7.8 nm or greater. The HA-CTAB precipitates and the 50-mM CTAB solution gave d(100) and d(110) reflections of a hexagonal structure. The hexagonal array of cylindrical CTAB micelles has a lattice parameter of 5.01 nm in pure solution, and the parameter decreases in the order: 4.96, 4.91, and 4.85 nm for the precipitates of HA-CTAB (50, 30, and 20 mM, respectively), indicating that the structure of CTAB micelles was disturbed by the addition of HA. The molecular properties and behavior of HA in solution were discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
305
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
57-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Investigation of humate-cetyltrimethylammonium complexes by small-angle X-ray scattering.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007-0896, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article