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. 2002 Jan 1;245(1):163-70.
doi: 10.1006/jcis.2001.7980.

Physicochemical investigations of microemulsification of coconut oil and water using polyoxyethylene 2-cetyl ether (Brij 52) and isopropanol or ethanol

A Acharya  1 , S P Moulik, S K Sanyal, B K Mishra, P M Puri
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Physicochemical investigations of microemulsification of coconut oil and water using polyoxyethylene 2-cetyl ether (Brij 52) and isopropanol or ethanol

A Acharya et al. J Colloid Interface Sci. .

Abstract

The microemulsification of coconut oil/polyoxyethylene 2-cetyl ether/2-propanol or ethanol/water was investigated. The phase behaviors of the mixed system were examined. The shear viscosity at different temperatures was measured to derive activation parameters for the viscous flow. The diffusion coefficient of the microemulsions at different compositions was determined by the DLS method. The energetics of solubilization of water into oil + Brij + alkanol as well as of oil into water + Brij + alkanol forming w/o and o/w microemulsions, respectively, were calorimetrically determined.

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