Fatty acid-soap systems exhibit a minimum in surface tension as a function of pH. What causes the increase in surface tension with decrease in pH below the pH of minimum surface tension? O Increase in ionic repulsion in the adsorbed layer with decrease in pH reduces surfactant adsorption at the interface O Unionized fatty acid that is present in this region is less surface active O Increase in the level of acid soap with decrease in pH results in increase surface tension O Because of precipitation of unionized fatty acid in this region, the level of soluble surfactant decreases with decrease in pH

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Fatty acid-soap systems exhibit a minimum in surface tension as a function of pH. What
causes the increase in surface tension with decrease in pH below the pH of minimum
surface tension?
O Increase in ionic repulsion in the adsorbed layer with decrease in pH reduces surfactant adsorption
at the interface
O Unionized fatty acid that is present in this region is less surface active
O Increase in the level of acid soap with decrease in pH results in increase surface tension
O Because of precipitation of unionized fatty acid in this region, the level of soluble surfactant
decreases with decrease in pH
Transcribed Image Text:Fatty acid-soap systems exhibit a minimum in surface tension as a function of pH. What causes the increase in surface tension with decrease in pH below the pH of minimum surface tension? O Increase in ionic repulsion in the adsorbed layer with decrease in pH reduces surfactant adsorption at the interface O Unionized fatty acid that is present in this region is less surface active O Increase in the level of acid soap with decrease in pH results in increase surface tension O Because of precipitation of unionized fatty acid in this region, the level of soluble surfactant decreases with decrease in pH
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