Day 1, A.M.

8:00 A.M.

I.  FUNDAMENTALS

A.  What is a Surfactant?

1.  The contraction "Surfactant".

2.  Many guises of Surfactants--Functional Names

3.  Surfactant Molecular Architecture

4.  Surfactant Aggregate Menageries

5.  Micellization

6.  Major Surfactant Categories

B.  Micelle Formation

1.  What is a Micelle?

2.  Models of Micelle Formation

3.  Effects of CMC

4.  Micelle Shape

5.  Mixed Micelles

10:00 AM Break

C.  Phases and Phase Diagrams

1.  Basic Surfactant Aggregates Structures Which Occur in Surfactant Phases

2.  Typical Phase Diagrams for Surfactant / Water Systems and Their Relationship to Basic Surfactant Aggregate Structures

3.  Rheology of Surfactant Solutions

D.  Solubilization

1.  Loci of Solubilization

2.  Solubilization Equilibrium Constant

3.  Factors Affecting Solubilization

4.  Methods of Measuring Solubilization

5.  Recommended Techniques to Measure Solubilization

6.  Dependencies of K on X0

7.  Examples of Solubilization

8.  Solubilization in Mixed Micelles and in Amphoteric Surfactant Micelles

9.  Some Observations About Solubilization

12:00 PM  Lunch

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