Wetting properties of biosurfactant (rhamnolipid) with synthetic surfactants mixtures in the context of soil remediation

• Authors: Elżbieta Elżbieta Hallmann , Krystyna Mędrzycka
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Wetting properties of synthetic surfactant Rokanol NL6, biosurfactant JBR 425 and their mixture have been investigated. On the basis of these investigations, the ability of used surfactants to remove the synthetic base oil (PAO6) from sandy soil and clay loam was evaluated. Surfactant solutions were applied for soil flushing in batch experiments. The results show that synthetic surfactant addition worsens physicochemical properties of pure biosurfactant but exhibits much higher oil removal efficiency than biosurfactant does.

Keywords

EN

biosurfactant; nonionic surfactant; surfactants mixtures; soil remediation

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej
• Journal: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio AA – Chemia
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 70
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2015

online

2016-02-10

Contributors

author

Elżbieta Elżbieta Hallmann

author

Krystyna Mędrzycka

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Identifiers

DOI

10.17951/aa.2015.70.1.29