Affect of EtOH on Anionic Surfactant [closed]








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I am not a chemist nor do I have a background in chemistry, so I know nothing beyond my observations.


Attempting to load SLS into a porous silica substrate by dissolving surfactant into 200 proof EtOH along with a lipid, held at 50c slow stirring on hot plate mag. Silica added once SLS and lipid are in solution. EtOH removed in Rotovap.


Question: does dissolving SLS in warm EtOH affect the surfactant's amphiphilic arrangement?


