| Abstract: | ABSTRACT The interfacial tension between paraffin wax and water, as well as oxidized paraffin wax and water has been studied and the results showed that the interfacial tension between oxidized paraffin wax and water decreased obviously after paraffin wax was oxidized to proper degree. Meanwhile the pseudo-ternary phase diagram of the oxidized paraffin wax/surfactants/water system has been determined. It was confirmed that using a single surfactant A or cosurfactant B couldn't prepare oxidized paraffin wax microemulsion and the cosurfactant A/surfactant B mass ratio k m has a proper range and an optimized value to produce the oxidized paraffin wax microemulsion, moreover, the microemulsion particle distribution was analyzed. |
