EMULSIFICATION OF OIL IN WATER: AS AFFECTED BY ULTRASONIFICATION PERIOD

Abstract

Emulsification of oil in water has got a number of industrial as well as medicinal applications, however very little systematic work has been carried out upon it. Therefore, we have considered a very simple system of n-hexane, dispersed in water and tried to understand the mechanism of emulsification by looking into the effect of ultrasonification time over the quality of emulsion. The techniques employed for the purposes were optical microscopic and turbidity measurement. It has been observed that the distribution of size/ number becomes narrowest after 15 minutes of ultrasonification time. However, if the period is further prolonged then the distribution starts widening.