A new and consistent model for dynamic adsorption of CTAB at air/water interface

► A new dynamic modeling was applied successfully to CTAB data. ► The model predicted all experimental data consistently. ► The model does not require Gibbs adsorption isotherm and thus avoids the associated uncertainty. ► The model shows that a diffusion-controlled mechanism is adequate for CTAB. ► Whereas available models required a kinetics step for CTAB.