@ARTICLE{Różańska_Sylwia_Structural_2023, author={Różańska, Sylwia and Warmbier, Ewelina and Wagner, Patrycja and Różański, Jacek}, volume={vol. 44}, number={No 2}, journal={Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers}, pages={e10}, howpublished={online}, year={2023}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering}, abstract={The paper presents the effects of sodium chloride on the rheological properties of aqueous solutions of cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB) and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) mixtures. Studies were carried out in the CAPB/SDBS molar ratio range of 0.95 to 3.5, at sodium chloride concentrations varying from 0.03 M to 0.75 M. Continuous and oscillatory flow measurements showed that the impact of sodium chloride concentration on shear viscosity and relaxation time was closely linked to the CAPB/SDBS molar ratio. The maximum shear viscosity and the longest Maxwell relaxation time were obtained at the CAPB/SDBS molar ratio of 2. Based on CryoTEM images, it was determined that the shear viscosity and relaxation time peaks identified at a certain concentration of sodium chloride could be attributed to the transition of the entangled wormlike micellar network into branched wormlike micelles. Changes in the micellar microstructure accompanying modifications of the CAPB/SDBS molar ratio and sodium chloride concentration were accounted for on the basis of the packing parameter.}, type={Article}, title={Structural changes of viscoelastic solutions of zwitterionic and anionic surfactant mixtures under the influence of simple salt}, URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/127847/PDF/e10_10.24425_cpe.2023.144696.pdf}, doi={10.24425/cpe.2023.144696}, keywords={wormlike micelles, surfactant solutions, CryoTEM, Maxwell model}, }