Surfactant system System constant ratios
v e/v s/v a/v b/v
1,1'-didodecyl-1,1'-but-2-yne-1,4-diyl-bis-pyrrolidinium dibromide (G1) 3.10 0.19 -0.07 0.35 -0.97
N,N'-didodecyl-N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-N,N'-but-2-ynediyl-di-ammonium dibromide (G2) 3.05 0.13 -0.03 0.37 -0.92
Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) 3.16 0.04 0.00 -0.06 -0.56
Octanol–water partition coefficient (log Pow) 4.07 0.11 -0.22 0.02 -0.94
           
Differences between ratios
G1 and log Pow 0.97 0.08 0.15 0.33 0.03
G2 and log Pow 1.02 0.02 0.19 0.35 0.02
SDS and log Pow 0.91 0.15 0.22 0.08 0.38
*LSER coefficients obtained from geminis and SDS are taken from reference [29]. Coefficients for octanol-water system were calculated using MS Excel (n=29).
Table 3: LSER coefficient ratios for surfactant systems and octanol-water system*.