A brief study on synthesis of surfactants and the mechanism of oil mobilization.

Abstract

Surfactants finds application in almost every industry of which the detergents, paints, dyestuffs cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, plastics, food, agriculture, asphalt, fuel etc are worth mentioning. Moreover surfactants play a vital role in the oil industry. An important and interesting aspect of the chemistry of surfactants which has not been systematically investigated hitherto, in the utilization of so prepared surfactants as emulsifiers with special reference to the study of interfacial tension, surface tension, viscosity, particle size and conductance and their use in the field of enhanced oil recovery .Oil\Water emulsions have been prepared by taking two immiscible liquids as internal and external phases using surface active agents. The present paper deals with the studies on the synthesis of surfactants. Three surfactants viz-RL-1, RL-2 and RL-3 have been synthesized by using cetyl palmate, acyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, cetyl behenate, cetyl stearate, benzene and benzoyl peroxide. From the analysis it is found that above prepared surfactants are ester copolymers