Day 1 - Morning Session

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. Examples of Surfactant Aggregates
5. Micellization
6. Major Surfactant Groups

B.  Micelle Formation

1. Micelle Types
2. Critical Packing Factor
3. Effects on CMC Values
4. Mixed Micelles
5. Mixed Micelles

C.  Phases and Phase Diagrams

1. Surfactant Liquid Crystals
2. Typical Phase Diagrams for Surfactant / Water Systems
3. Rheology of Surfactant Solutions

D.  Solubilization

1. Loci of Solubilization
2. Factors Affecting Solubilization
3. Methods of Measuring Solubilization

12:00 p.m. - Lunch

Day 1 - Afternoon Session

12:30 p.m.

E. Surfactant Adsorption at Solid/Liquid Interfaces

1. Applications of Surfactant Adsorption on Solids
2. Mechanisms of Surfactant Adsorption on Solids
3. Measuring Surfactant Adsorption
4. Estimating Bilayer and Monolayer Coverage

F. Precipitation

1. Hardness Tolerance and Krafft Points of Anionic Surfactants
2. Anionic/Cationic Surfactant Mixture Precipitation
3. Kinetics of Precipitation

G. Surface Tension/Wetting

1. What is Surface Tension?
2. How Surfactants Reduce Surface Tension
3. Surfactant Adsorption at Vapor/Water Surface
4. LaPlace Pressure
5. Measuring Surface/Interfacial Tension
6. Wetting Enhancement by Surfactants

4:30 p.m. - Course Lectures End for the Day

Day 2 - Morning Session

8:00 a.m.

II. APPLICATIONS

A. Emulsions and Microemulsions

1. Technological Importance of Microemulsions
2. Definitions and Characteristics
3. Behavior of Unstable Emulsions
4. Mechanisms of Emulsion Formation and Stabilization
5. Relationship Between Surfactant Structure and Emulsion Stability
6. Intimate Relationship Between Emulsion Stability and Formation of Microemulsions
7. Breaking Emulsions

B. Foams

1. What is a Foam?
2. Foam Formation and Stabilization
3. Surfactant Selection for Foaming
4. Antifoams/Defoamers

12:00 p.m. - Lunch

Day 2 - Afternoon Session

12:30 p.m.

C. Dispersion Stability

1. Examples of Important Dispersions
2. States of a Dispersed System
3. Rheology of Dispersions
4. Dominant Forces in Dispersion Stability
5. Role of Surfactant Adsorption in Stabilizing Dispersions
6. Design of Surfactant/Polymer Systems for Controlling the State of a Dispersion
7. Breaking Dispersions

D. Cleaning Technology

1. What is Detergency?
2. Physical Mechanism of Detergency
3. Surfactants in Cleaning
4. Formulations
5. Detergency Trends

4:30 p.m. Course Ends for the Day

Day 3 - Morning Session

8:00 a.m.

E. Surfactant-Based Separations

1. Advantages of Surfactant-Based Separations
2. Froth Flotation For Ore Separation
3. Paper Deinking
4. Surfactant Enhanced Separations
5. Cloud Point Extraction
6. Applications of Surfactant-Based Separations

F. Surfactant Types

1. Effect of Hydrophobe
2. Anionic Surfactants
3. Nonionic Surfactants
4. Cationic Surfactants
5. Amphateric Surfactants

G. Environmental and Health Factors

1. Biodegradability and Toxicity
2. Toxicity of Surfactants
3. Biodegradability of Surfactants
4. Eutrophications and Related Problems
5. Life Cycle Assessment

III. WRAP UP

12:00 p.m. - Course concludes