Abstract
Rheology, drag reduction and cryo-TEM experiments were performed on Arquad 16–50/NaSal and Ethoquad O/12/NaSal surfactant systems at different counterion-to-surfactant ratios and at constant low surfactant concentrations, 5 mM, appropriate for drag reduction. The molar ratio of counterion-to-surface was varied from 0.6 to 2.5. All the surfactant systems described here are viscoelastic and drag reducing. The viscoelasticity and drag reducing effectiveness increase with increase in counterion/surfactant ratio. Network are present in the solutions with high ratio, and they are viscoelastic. However, shear is needed to induce network formation for solutions at low ratio. Cryo-TEM images confirm the existence of thread-like micelles which form entanglement networks, and show that the micellar network becomes denser with increasing counterion/surfactant ratio in one surfactant series. Both increase in the counterion/surfactant ratio and increase in the shear rate result in shorter relaxation times.
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