Enhanced removal via surfactant solubilization is considered a potential method for remediation of organometallic cpompound.  However, the solubilization process of the organometallic compounds needs to be more understood.   Dibutyltin dichloride (DBT) was selected for this study.  The synergistic effect of DBT solubilization in the presence of perchloethylene (PCE) was also determined.  The results indicate that PCE was solubilized in the core for both single and mixed systems.  While DBT tended to be solubilized only near the surface of micelle in the single oil system, the solubilization of DBT was found to increase in the mixture with PCE.  This may be because when the PCE were solubilized in the core of micelle they facilitated the solubilization of DBT.  From this study it may be concluded that DBT behaves similarly to polar oil such as dodecanol.  Thus, the solubilization of organometallic may be considered analogous to a general organic compound.

Solubilization of organotin compound in surfactant solutions in single and mixed oils

239th National Meeting (2010)

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