Werner, Josephina
- Institutionen för kemi och bioteknologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
- Uppsala universitet
Sammanfattning
The acid base speciation of surface-active carboxylate ions in the surface region of aqueous solutions was studied with synchrotron-radiation-based photoelectron spectroscopy. The protonated form was found at an extraordinarily large fraction compared to that expected from the bulk pH. When adding salts containing the weak acid NH4+ to the solution, the fraction of the acidic form at the surface increases, and to a Much greatet extent than expected from the bulk pH of the solution. We show that ammonium ions also are overrepresented in the surface region, and propose that the interaction between the surface-active anionic carboxylates and cationic ammonium ions creates a carboxylateammonium bilayer close to the surface, which increases the probability of the protonation of the carboxylae ions. By comparing the situation when a salt of the less volatile amine diethanolatnine is used, We also show that the observed evaporation of ammonia that occurs after such an event only affects the equilibrium marginally.
Publicerad i
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2015, volym: 119, nummer: 10, sidor: 4033-4040
Utgivare: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
SLU författare
UKÄ forskningsämne
Fysikalisk kemi
Atom- och molekylfysik och optik
Meteorologi och atmosfärsvetenskap
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jp509945g
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/67458