Diffusion-controlled Adsorption Kinetics of Surfactant at Air/Solution Interface

For the diffusion-controlled adsorption, the expression of dynamic surface adsorption Γ(t) was obtained by solving the diffusion equation. Two cases, i.e. the short and long time limits, were mainly discussed in this paper. From the measured dynamic surface tension of aqueous surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solutions at 25°C, the adsorption kinetics of SDS at air/solution interface was studied. It was proved that for both of the short and long time limits, the adsorption process of SDS was controlled by diffusion.