164 JOURNAL OF COSMETIC SCIENCE PEG 4000 - Cloud point (°C) PEG 4000 - Cloud Point (°C) 120 120 100 &::::=:: : : -+-0 M Nl!CI e --tr-2M NaCl 80 -- -3M NaCl 60 r II --M-4M NaCl -i1E-4.5M NaCl 40 ---Q-5M NaCl 20 " " " -+-SM NaCl 100 80 .s 60 40 (..) 20 1-+-oM Mgso4 I --e-o.SM MgS04 ----6-1M MgS04 -i!E-2M MgS04 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 % PEG 4000 % PEG4000 A B Fi g ure 10. Cloud points of PEO 4000 at various NaCl (A) and MgS04 (B) concentrations as a function of PEO concentrations. Cloud points of 100°C mean that no cloud point could be noticed up to this temperature. Figures lOA and lOB show the results for the cloud points of PEO 4000 at various concentrations of NaCl and MgSO4 , whereas Figure 11 shows the results for PEO 20000. The results for inulin (INUTEC® N25) are shown in Figure 12. It can be seen from the results of Figure 10 that for PEO 4000 in water, the cloud point is around 100°C and it shows very little dependence on concentration (in the range 1-5%). On addition of NaCl, there is a systematic reduction in the cloud point with an increase in NaCl concentration. Also, the cloud point shows a reduction with an increase in PEO concentration from 1 % to 5 % . The results for PEO 20000 showed lower cloud point values when compared with the values obtained with PEO 4000. However, the results for inulin (Figure 12) showed no cloud point up to 4 mol dm- 3 NaCl, indicating an absence of dehydration by this electrolyte. With MgSIO4 , a cloud point could only be measured at 1.5 and 2 mol dm- 3 MgSO4, reaching values below room temperature. Generally speaking, the cloud point is related to the X parameter. When Xis 1/2, the chains should remain solvated by the molecules of the medium and the solution is clear when X 1/2, dehydration of the chains will occur and chain-chain interaction takes 120 100 ,.._ 80 ·- 60 40 .! 20 0 0 PEG 20000 · Cloud points ( ° C) a & 2 liil A )( % PEG 20000 ◊ El A )( 0 4 --..-oMNaCI -G--1M NaCl -lr---2M NaCl --M-4MNaCl ----8-6MNaCl 6 Figure 11. Cloud points of PEO 20000 at various NaCl concentrations as a function of PEO concentration.

EMULSION STABILIZATION 165 INUTEC®N 25 - Cloud points (°C) INUTEC®N 25 - Cloud points (°C) 120 120 100 • • • -+-OM NaCl --1MNaCI 80 --6-2M NaCl .t) �3M NaCl . s ----4M NaCl ] 40 --t--5M NaCl $ $ $ --e-6M NaCl (.J 20 � 100 a 6 a (.J -+-OM MgS04 � 80 .t) ---&-1 M Mg$04 .s 60 • � a �1.5MMgS04 40 ----2M MgS04 (.J 20 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 2 4 6 % /NUTEC®N 25 % /NUTEC®N 25 A B Figure 12. Cloud points of INUTEC® N25 at various NaCl (A) and MgSO,1 (B) concentrations as a function of INUTEC® N25 concentrations. place resulting in cloudiness. The cloud point depends both on polymer concentration as well as the molecular weight with increase in molecular weight and concentration, the cloud point generally decreases, and this can be illustrated from the results shown in Figures 10 and 11. With PEO at 2 mol dm - 3 NaCl, the cloud point is about 60°C, and if the polymer concentration will reach, for example, 20%, the cloud point could be lower than 50°C. Thus, for emulsion stabilizers based on PEO, stability cannot be maintained at 2 mol dm- 3 NaCl. With MgSO4 , the situation is even worse, as shown in Figure 10: at 5 % PEO 4000, the cloud point is lower than RT at 1 mol dm - 3 , and hence instability will be more serious with this electrolyte. However, for inulin the cloud point can be maintained at about 100°C up to 4 mol dm - 3 NaCl, and hence one would expect stable emulsions at temperatures exceeding 50°C up to this electrolyte concen- tration. With MgSO4 stability can be maintained at high temperatures up to 1 mol dm- 3 . Thus, these cloud-point measurements give conclusive evidence of the unique behavior of polymeric surfactants based on inulin. The polyfructose chain remains hy- drated up to high temperatures and in the presence of high electrolyte concentrations. This makes this polymeric surfactant a very useful candidate for the stabilization of emulsions in high electrolyte concentrations when compared with emulsions prepared using polymeric surfactants based on PEO. Similar results were also obtained when using cyclomethicone as the oil: 50/50 0/W emulsions prepared using 2 (w/v)% INUTEC® surfactant showed stability at RT and 50°C for more than one year. Emulsions prepared in the presence of 1 mol dm- 3 NaCl and MgSO4 were also stable up to 50°C for more than eight months. From the above discussion, it is clear that using HMI as an emulsion stabilizer will eliminate any strong flocculation or coalescence of the emulsion both in water and in high electrolyte concentrations. This can be attributed to a number of effects: (i) the multipoint attachment of the polymer by the several alkyl chains that are grafted on the backbone, ensuring strong adsorption ("anchoring") at the O/W interface (ii) strong hydration of the polyfructose "loops" (in between the alkyl chains) that dangle in solution, ensuring a X 0.5 both in water and high electrolyte concentrations (iii) high-volume fraction (concentration) of the loops at the interface, recent results using polystyrene latex dispersions (11) showing an adsorbed-layer thickness in the region of