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107 CHAPTER – 6 Iodine-Iodide Equilibrium in Aqueous and Mixed Aqueous Organic Solvent Media with or without a Surfactant 6.1 Introduction The classical age old iodine-iodide equilibrium leading to formation of tri- iodide (an aggregate) in solution has gained renewed interest especially with reference to the understanding of the interactions of iodine with water soluble polymers like starch or PVA leading to formation of the well known blue complex in aqueous as well as aqueous micellar media. 1-7 Because of the low solubility of the iodine, iodine is always used in combination with iodide ions and hence understanding the tri-iodide formation in the system assumes considerable significance in the study of formation of polymer- iodine complex. In fact, the formation of the blue complex and the type and the nature of iodine or iodide present in the complex are truly a complex phenomena since there is a strong possibility of the involvement of poly- iodines like I 2 , I 4 , I 6 , etc. or poly-iodide ions such as I 3 - , I 5 - , I 7 - , etc. in the complexation. 1,3,8 Besides, because of the bactericidal properties associated with iodine, systems containing iodine/iodide have potential uses and in fact find applications in many biomedical areas. 9,10 Any change in the nature of the solvent media such as hydrophobicity of the media or the presence of surfactant is likely to influence the iodine-iodide equilibrium and the complexation, if any. It is surprising to note that despite the popularity of the iodine-iodide equilibrium, there is hardly any information available in the

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CHAPTER – 6

Iodine-Iodide Equilibrium in Aqueous and Mixed Aqueous Organic

Solvent Media with or without a Surfactant

6.1 Introduction

The classical age old iodine-iodide equilibrium leading to formation of tri-

iodide (an aggregate) in solution has gained renewed interest especially with

reference to the understanding of the interactions of iodine with water

soluble polymers like starch or PVA leading to formation of the well known

blue complex in aqueous as well as aqueous micellar media.1-7 Because of

the low solubility of the iodine, iodine is always used in combination with

iodide ions and hence understanding the tri-iodide formation in the system

assumes considerable significance in the study of formation of polymer-

iodine complex. In fact, the formation of the blue complex and the type and

the nature of iodine or iodide present in the complex are truly a complex

phenomena since there is a strong possibility of the involvement of poly-

iodines like I2, I4, I6, etc. or poly-iodide ions such as I3-, I5

-, I7

-, etc. in the

complexation.1,3,8 Besides, because of the bactericidal properties associated

with iodine, systems containing iodine/iodide have potential uses and in fact

find applications in many biomedical areas.9,10 Any change in the nature of

the solvent media such as hydrophobicity of the media or the presence of

surfactant is likely to influence the iodine-iodide equilibrium and the

complexation, if any. It is surprising to note that despite the popularity of the

iodine-iodide equilibrium, there is hardly any information available in the

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literature on how the presence of an organic solvent or a surfactant would

influence formation of tri-iodide though it has long been reported the

formation of tri-iodide is indeed influenced by the presence of the organic

solvent, which has been ascribed to the changes in the solvation properties.11

Hayakawa et al 12 from the study of formation constant of the tri-iodide in

mixed alcohol media reported similar observation that the equilibrium

constant value increases with increase in the alcohol content. They also

reported that in presence of a cationic surfactant DTAB, the iodine and the

iodide ions are solubilized in the hydrophilic surface region of the micelles

of DTAB.13 Keeping in view of the role of the solvent media in the tri-iodide

formation, it is of considered worthwhile to study the formation of tri-iodide

in aqueous and mixed aqueous organic media including a surfactant.

The present work is an attempt to study the influence of the solvent

hydrophobicity on the iodine-iodide equilibrium in different mixed media

including polymer with or without a surfactant. The organic solvents chosen

for the present study are ethylene glycol (EG), 2-methoxy ethanol (ME), 2-

ethoxy ethanol (EE) and the polymers include poly ethylene glycols

(PEG200, PEG400, PEG 600), hydroxy propyl cellulose (HPC) and poly

ethylene oxide (PEO) while the surfactant employed in the study are an

anionic surfactant, SDS and a nonionic surfactant, TX-100 respectively.

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6.2 Experimental

Materials

Extra pure reagent grade sample of iodine (I2) was obtained from Merck

(India) and potassium iodide (KI) having purity of over 99.5 % was procured

from Loba Chemie (India). The organic solvents and the surfactant employed

in the study are essentially the same as described elsewhere in the thesis. All

the solvents were purified following the standard procedures.14 Freshly

prepared saturated stock solutions of Iodine were used in the study. The

iodine solution was standardized by titrating against standard sodium

thiosulphate solution with starch as indicator.15 Double distilled water was

used all through the study.

Method

The absorption spectra were recorded with a Perkin Elmer Lamda 35 UV-

visible spectrophotometer using a pair of quartz cuvete of 1cm optical length

kept in a cell holder to which a pelteir temperature programmer PTP-1 is

connected. The measurements were performed at three different temperatures

20, 30 and 400C.

Determination of Equilibrium Constant, Keq

The equilibrium constant of Iodine-iodide equilibrium was determined

spectrophotometrically from the changes of the tri-iodide band at 350nm in

aqueous and mixed aqueous organic media in absence and in presence of

surfactant.12

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The formation of tri-iodide from iodine and iodide equilibrium is represented

as

(6.1)

( ) ( ) where a, b and x are the concentration of iodine, iodide and triiodide ion

respectively for which the equilibrium constant is given by

(6.2) The absorption, A at 350nm is given by the equation

(6.3)

where εo and εo are the molar absorption coefficients of I2 and I3- respectively.

From equations (6.1) and (6.2), we can define and compute ε as follows

(6.4) which when a>>b gives

(6.5) Then, from the slop of the linear plot of 1/ ε vs. 1/b, the equilibrium constant,

Keq can be evaluated.

6.3 Results and Discussion

The spectra of aqueous iodine solution shown in Figure 6.1 showed the

characteristic iodine band at around 460 nm along with a band appearing at

about 350 nm, which is ascribed to tri-iodide ions. The presence of an

isobestic point in the spectra clearly indicates the presence of iodine-iodide

equilibrium in the system.

−− →+ 32 III

xa − xb − x

x)x)(b(ax

]][I[I][I

K2

3eq −−

==−

xεx)(aεA 10 +−=

b]Kx)(aK[1)εb(εKε

aAε

eqeq

01eq0

+−+

−+=≡

1eq1 ε1b)1)(Kε1(ε1 +≈

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Figure 6.1: Absorption spectra of iodine-iodide solution at 200C

It may, however, be noted that the spectra of pure aqueous iodine solution is

always conspicuous by the presence of the tri-iodide band at 350 nm even

after purification of iodine through a number of evaporation-condensation

cycles. This has been attributed to the fact that when iodine is dissolved in

the water there is formation of appreciable amount of iodide ions as

represented in Equation (6.6), which then forms tri-iodide ions in the

solution.6

In the present study with very low concentration of iodine, the intensity of

the tri-iodide band at 350nm in the pure iodine solution was negligibly low

and hence the formation of other polyiodide species are neglected.

A typical spectra of iodine solution (0.1mM) with increasing amounts of

potassium iodide in pure aqueous media at 200C with emphasis on the

changes in the tri-iodide absorption band at 350nm is shown Figure 6.2.

+−− ++→+ 2HIOI OHI 22 (6.6)

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Figure 6.2: Absorbance at 350 nm of iodine in presence of KI

It is observed from Figure 6.2 that the intensity of the tri-iodide band

increases with increase in the KI concentration with no spectral shift in the

absorption band at 350nm. For the iodine-iodide systems in aqueous media,

1/є has been plotted against 1/b at 20, 30 and 40°C in Figure 6.3, which

showed that they to a large extent yield a linear plot at all the temperatures.

Figure 6.3: Spectrophotometric determination of equilibrium constant of I-KI system in aqueous medium at different temperatures.

The tri-iodide equilibrium constant (Keq) may, therefore, be computed from

the slop of the linear plots and the values thus obtained were in close

agreement with the value obtained from the partition co-efficient or other

methods.13

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A representative spectra of iodine (0.1mM) in presence of iodide in mixed

aqueous media containing 5% EG by volume is shown in Figure 6.4. Though

the absorption spectrum of the iodine is known to depend on the polarity of

the surrounding medium, no significant change was observed in case of the

tri-iodide band at least in the concentration range of EG under study.

Figure 6.4: Absorbance at 350 nm of iodine at different concentration of KI in mixed media containing 5% EG Similar trend was observed in the other mixed media (supplementary data at

the end of the Chapter). In all the mixed aqueous organic media, plots of 1/є

vs 1/b were found to be linear, a typical plot is shown in Figure 6.5 (in EG

media).

Figure 6.5: Spectrophotometric determination of Keq in presence of different percentage of EG

Similar behavior was observed in the other mixed media as well. The

equilibrium constant in the mixed media was computed as usual from the

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slop of such plots. The values of Keq in the mixed media at three different

temperatures 20°C, 30°C and 40°C are recorded in Tables 6.1 and 6.2 along

with values of the standard thermodynamic functions ∆G, ∆H, and ∆S, which

have been determined using the following relations:

∆G = -RT ln Keq

∆G = ∆H - T∆S

We are not aware of any Keq value in any of the mixed aqueous-organic

solution under study to compare the values reported herein. The variation of

Keq with percentage amount of the organic solvent employed in the study at

200C has been graphically presented in Figure 6.6. In all the mixed media, it

was observed that Keq increases rather sharply with increased percentage of

the organic solvent in the mixed media. The increase in Keq with amount of

the organic solvent has been ascribed to re-arrangement of the structure of

the solvent causing subsequent change in its solvation properties.11,12

Figure 6.6: Variation of Keq with solvent % at 200C

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Table 6.1: Table showing the variation of Keq with temperature along with the thermodynamic parameters in mixed solvent media containing ethylene glycol series

∆G, ∆H in kJmol-1 and ∆S in Jmol-1K-1

%

0C

EG ME EE Keq

x10-2

-∆G

-∆H ∆S Keq

x10-2

-∆G

-∆H ∆S Keq

x10-2

-∆G

0

20 30 40

6.94 5.26 5.06

15.9 15.8 16.2

15.5

14

1

20 30 40

6.75 5.48 4.81

15.8 15.9 16.1

15.7

10

7.13 6.39 4.97

16 16.3 16.2

15.9

7.75

3.64

14.4

5

20 30 40

7.17 5.98 5.49

16.0 16.1 16.4

15.6

20.1

8.91 8.16 7.44

16.6 16.9 17.2

16

30

4.03

14.6

10

20 30 40

9.13 8.44 7.06

16.6 16.9 17.1

16.2

23.3

13.8 11.5 11.2

17.6 17.8 18.3

16.8

34

8.13

16.3

15

20 30 40

10.4 9.64 9.03

16.9 17.3 17.7

16.2

39.2

17.2 15.2 13.3

18.1 18.4 18.7

17.5

38.1

12.1

17.3

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Table 6.2: Table showing the variation of Keq with temperature along with the thermodynamic parameters in mixed solvent media containing polyethylene glycol series

∆G, ∆H in kJmol-1 and ∆S in Jmol-1K-1

%

0C

PEG200 PEG400

PEG600

Keq x10

-2 -∆G

-∆H ∆S Keq

x10-2

-∆G

-∆H ∆S Keq x10

-2 -∆G

-∆H ∆S

1

20 30 40

8.35 7.63 6.24

16.4 16.7 16.8

16.1

17.9

8.73 7.78 6.46

16.5 16.7 16.9

16.2

17.2

8.97 7.89 6.75

16.6 16.8 16.9

16.2

19.8

5

20 30 40

17.78 15.94 15.9

18.2 18.6 18.8

17.7

26

17.9 16.3 15

18.2 18.6 19.0

17.5

38.7

17.1 15.9 14.6

18.2 18.6 18.9

17.5

36.5

10

20 30 40

42.4 39.6 35.2

20.3 20.8 21.3

19.3

45

45.6 41.1 38.5

20.5 20.9 21.5

19.5

48.3

45.7 41.7 38.3

20.5 20.3 21.4

19.3

48.7

15

20 30 40

67.6 62.1 60.4

21.5

22 22.7

20.3

58.8

68.8 64.8 60.1

21.5 22.1 22.7

19.8

60.8

86.8 77.7 72.1

22.0 22.5 23.2

20.7

60

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In the mixed media containing EG or its homologues, Keq in ME was found

to be relatively higher than those in EG. However, Keq in EE was found to

initially decrease up to about 5% and then increased with increase

percentage. Since the dielectric constant of EE is much lower as compared to

that of EG or ME, the solvation effect perhaps is not very prominent at lower

percentage of EE and hence the initial decrease. This suggests that the

formation of tri-iodide ion is enhanced not only by the solvent dielectric but

more significantly by the hydrophobic character of the solvent media. It is

also evident that Keq in mixed media containing PEG was much higher as

compare to those containing EG or its homologues. The increase in Keq is

more likely to be due to increase in the hydrophobic character of the solvent

media since the dielectric factor in the mixed media containing PEG or EG

homologous will remain more or less similar. There is, however, no

appreciable change in Keq with changes in the chain length of PEG. The

results indicate that in addition to the hydrophobic factor, the sharp increase

in Keq in PEG mixed media may also be due to the fact that PEG can provide

an effective surface for the iodine to interact with the iodide ions that will

facilitate the formation of tri-iodide ions. In all the system under study, the

Keq value was found to decrease with temperature except for the one

containing EE, which could not been studied above 200C due to formation of

reddish brown color precipitate.

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Tables 6.1 and 6.2 also present the thermodynamic parameters of the I-KI

system in the mixed media. The ∆H values (which are negative) are nearly

constant in system containing EG homoloques whereas there is a slight

decrease with increased percentage of the solvent in the systems containing

PEG. On the other hand, there is increase in ∆S in all the system with

increased amount of the organic solvent. The changes in ∆H and ∆S in the

mixed media may also be attributed to the variation in the solvation

properties rather than the variation in the activity co-efficients of tri-iodide

and iodide ions in presence of the organic solvent.12 Negative values of the

∆G in all the mixed media indicates the spontaneity of the formation of the

tri-iodide and the formation is apparently entropy controlled rather than

enthalpy controlled.

In order to further examine the formation of tri-iodide in heterogenous

media, similar studies have also been carried out in presence of a surfactant,

which can provide not only a hydrophobic environment but also a surface on

which the reactants can be adsorbed. There is hardly any report on the

formation of the tri-iodide in presence of a surfactant. This may be due to the

complicacies involved in the classical method of determination of the

equilibrium constant of the iodine/iodide system via partition coefficients in

presence of a surfactant since surfactant also is distributed between the two

layers besides emulsification of the water/oil media. In such cases, the

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spectrophotometric method serves as a reliable method for the determination

of the equilibrium constant in presence of surfactant.

Figure 6.7: Absorbance at 350 nm of iodine at different concentration of KI in aqueous media in presence of SDS. (a) 4mM (b) 12mM

Figure 6.7 shows the typical spectra Iodine (0.1mM) at different KI

concentration in presence of monomers (4mM) as well as micellar (12mM)

of SDS. In both the cases, the plots of 1/є verses 1/b are found to be linear as

shown in Figure 6.8, which justifies the computation of Keq in presence of

SDS. Similar behavior was observed in case of the mixed aqueous organic

solvent media. The values of Keq in presence of SDS in different mixed

aqueous organic media at 20, 30 and 40oC along with the thermodynamic

parameters ∆G, ∆H, and ∆S are presented in Table 6.3.

Figure 6.8: Plot of 1/ε vs 1/b for iodine-iodide system in aqueous media in presence of SDS

a b

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Table 6.3: Table showing the variation of Keq with temperature along with the thermodynamic parameters in presence of SDS at different media

Medium (5%)

0C Keq x10-2

-∆G (kJmol-1)

-∆H (kJmol-1)

∆S (Jmol-1K-

1)

Aqueous

4mM 20 30 40

6.87 5.77 5.41

15.99 16.01 16.39

15.53

19.95

12mM 20 30 40

6.62 5.36 5.32

15.83 15.84 16.35

15.23

25.55

EG

4mM 20 30 40

7.82 6.85 6.10

16.24 16.46 16.70

15.77

23.10

12mM 20 30 40

7.46 6.59 6.38

16.12 16.36 16.82

15.39

34.73

ME

4mM 20 30 40

9.70 9.19 8.57

16.59 16.88 17.32

15.8

36.50

12mM 20 30 40

8.81 7.95 7.43

16.53 16.83 17.21

15.83

34.35

PEG200

4mM 20 30 40

12.73 10.56 9.71

17.43 17.55 17.91

16.9

24.25

12mM 20 30 40

11.23 9.56 9.01

17.12 17.30 17.72

1648

29.75

PEG400

4mM 20 30 40

13.41 11.96 10.45

17.54 18.03 18.88

16.14

27.50

12mM 20 30 40

11.49 10.77 9.14

17.17 17.50 17.75

16.61

28.90

PEG600

4mM 20 30 40

13.63 12.74 11.56

17.59 18.02 18.36

16.83

38.55

12mM 20 30 40

13.37 12.66 11.32

17.54 18.00 18.31

16.79

38.50

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As evident from Table 6.3, presence of the SDS monomer (4mM SDS)

increases the Keq while there is decrease in presence of SDS micelles (12mM

SDS). The increase in presence of SDS monomers is perhaps through (i)

enhanced interaction of iodine/iodide on the surfactant surface and (ii)

increased ionization of iodine to iodide in mixed media containing EG or

ME, both of which would favor the formation of tri-iodide ion. The decrease

in Keq in presence of the SDS micelles may indicate that iodine is

preferentially solubilized by the SDS micelles. However, in system

containing PEG, presence of the SDS monomer or micelles led to decreasing

Keq, which indicates the preferential adsorption SDS molecules on the

polymer (PEG). Presence of SDS micelles would further decrease the tri-

iodide formation due to micellar solubilization of iodine.

Figure 6.9: Absorbance at 350 nm of iodine at different concentration of KI in aqueous media in presence of TX100. (a) 0.1mM (b) 0.4mM Shown in the Figure 6.9 is the spectra of iodine-iodide system in presence of

0.1mM (pre-micellar) and 0.4 mM (post-micellar) of TX-100. Similar results

were observed in the mixed aqueous organic solvent media also. It is obvious

a b

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from Figure 6.9 that in presence of TX-100 micelles the 460 nm band

suffered a blue while the 350 nm band undergoes relatively smaller red shift

eventually giving rise to a merged band at about 370 nm. This clearly

indicates the better solubilization of iodine by the micelles of Tx-100 as

compare to that of SDS micelles. Hence, the Keq could not be computed in

presence of micelles of Tx-100.

In presence of monomers of TX-100, the iodine-iodide system in mixed

aqueous organic solvent showed good linearity between 1/є and 1/b in as

shown in Figure 6.10. The Keq values along with the thermodynamic

parameters in presence of TX-100(0.1mM) in mixed organic media at three

different temperatures are given in Table 6.4.

Figure 6.10: Plot of 1/ε vs 1/b for iodine-iodide system in aqueous media in presence of TX-100

From Table 6.3 and 6.4, it is apparent that Keq in monomers of TX-100 both

in aqueous and mixed aqueous organic solvent media is consistently higher

than those in SDS. The increase in Keq may indicate that the organic solvents

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under study has lesser affinity for TX-100 as compare to SDS that led to

increased interactions between iodine and iodide ions on the surface of the

non-ionic surfactant, TX-100.

Table 6.4: Table showing the variation of Keq with temperature along with the thermodynamic parameters in presence of 0.1mM TX-100 at different media

Medium (5 %)

0C Keq x10-2 -∆G (kJmol-1)

-∆H (kJmol-1)

∆S (Jmol-1K-1)

Aqueous 20 30 40

8.10 7.30 6.38

16.32 16.52 16.81

15.81 24.6

EG 20 30 40

9.46 8.34 7.22

16.69 16.94 17.13

16.27 21.85

ME 20 30 40

9.77 8.99 8.03

16.77 17.14 17.39

16.17 34.6

PEG200 20 30 40

13.41 9.74 8.97

17.54 17.34 17.69

17.29 74.5

PEG400 20 30 40

14.11 13.65 13.33

17.66 18.19 18.73

16.61 52.9

PEG600 20 30 40

15.3 14.91 14.73

17.88 18.41 18.98

16.77 55.3

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The iodine-iodide system in presence of different concentration of SDS or

TX-100 has also been investigated using Cyclic Voltameter and the

respective cyclic voltagrams are shown in the Figures 6.11a and 6.11b. The

Figure 6.11: Cyclic voltagram of iodine-iodide (1:4) system in presence of (a) SDS (b) TX-100

voltagram of iodine-iodide system in pure aqueous system showed the

oxidation and the reduction potentials at around 0.573V and 0.793V.

Presence of the SDS caused relatively much larger shift in both the

ionization potentials than those in presence TX-100. However, in presence of

TX-100, the shift is accompanied by rapid decrease of the current intensity

while the decrease was gradual in case of SDS. The results indicate that

while the formation of tri-iodide is initially enhanced at lower concentration

of the surfactant, iodine is subsequently solubilized by the surfactant micelles

especially the TX-100 micelles that would lead to decreasing the tri-iodide

formation. This is in agreement with the findings from spectrophotometric

study that iodine is better solubilized by TX-100 micelles.

a b

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Further, with a view to critically analyzing the role of the solvent

hydrophobicity on the equilibrium, we have studied the iodine-iodide

equilibrium in presence of low percentage of HPC or PEO, which would

impart more hydrophobic environment in the solvent media as compare to

the organic solvents chosen for the study. Since polymers are known to form

complexes with iodine in presence of iodide ion, the study was confined to

very low concentration of the polymer in order to minimize the complex

formation. Within the polymer concentration range used in the study, no

significant shift in tri-iodide band was observed, nor was there any new band

due to formation of any complex. Figure 6.12a shows the representative

spectra of the iodine-iodide system in presence of 0.02%HPC while the

corresponding plots of 1/є verses 1/b in presence of different percentage of

HPC is shown in 6.12b.

Figure 6.12: (a) Absorbance at 350 nm of iodine at different concentration of KI in presence of 0.02%HPC (b) Plot of 1/ε vs 1/b for the system in presence of different HPC % Representative spectra of the iodine-iodide system in presence of 0.02% PEO

is shown in Figure 6.13a while the linear plots of 1/є verses 1/b of the iodine-

b a

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iodide system in presence of different percentage of PEO are shown in

Figure 6.13.

Figure 6.13: (a) Absorbance at 350 nm of iodine at different concentration of KI in presence of 0.02%PEO (b) Plot of 1/ε vs 1/b for the system in presence of different PEO % The Keq values for the iodine-iodide system in presence of different

percentage of HPC computed from the slop of the linear plots at three

different temperatures along with the thermodynamic functions ∆G, ∆H, and

∆S are given in Table 6.5 while those in presence of different percentage of

PEO are given in Table 6.6. It is evident from the Tables 6.5 and Table 6.6

that at a given temperature, the Keq values increases with increased

percentage of HPC or PEO and formation of tri-iodide ion decreases with

increased temperature. At the same level of incorporation, Keq in system

containing HPC is relatively higher than that in system containing PEO

which is in agreement with the fact that HPC provides relatively better

hydrophobic environment as compare to PEO. The results further confirm

that as the hydrophobic character of the solvent media increases the tendency

of the formation of the tri-iodide ion increases.

a b

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Table 6.5: Table showing the variation of Keq with temperature along with the thermodynamic

parameters in presence HPC

Table 6.6: Table showing the variation of Keq with temperature along with the thermodynamic parameters in presence PEO

PEO %

0C Keq x102 -∆G (kJmol-1)

-∆H (kJmol-1)

∆S (Jmol-1K-1)

0.02 20 30 40

6.95 6.82 6.22

15.94 16.44 16.74

15.17 0.02

0.05 20 30 40

7.28 6.89 6.75

16.06 16.46 16.95

15.14 0.05

0.3 20 30 40

9.89 8.95 8.72

16.80 17.12 17.62

15.95 0.3

HPC %

0C Keq x102 -∆G (kJmol-1)

-∆H (kJmol-1)

∆S (Jmol-1K-1)

0.02 20 30 40

7.70 5.41 5.28

16.2 16

16.3

15.9

6.2

0.05

20 30 40

8.60 6.48 5.66

16.4 16.3 16.5

16.4

1.8

0.1 20 30 40

8.76 8.10 5.83

16.5 16.8 16.6

16.6

3.3

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Supplementary Data

A. Absorption band of iodine at 350nm in presence of different

concentration of KI in different mixed media

1% EG

5% ME

10% ME

15% ME 1% EE

5% PEG200

10% EG

15% EG

1% ME

5% EE

10% EE 1% PEG200

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B. Iodine-iodide system in different mixed media in presence of SDS

10% PEG200

15% PEG200

1% PEG400

5% PEG400 10% PEG400

4mM EG

4mM ME

15% PEG400

1% PEG600 5% PEG600

10% PEG600

15% PEG600

12mM EG

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C. Iodine-iodide system in different mixed media in presence of Tx-100 (0.1mM)

EG ME PEG200

4mM PEG 200

12mM PEG 200

4mM PEG 400

12mM PEG 400

4mM PEG 600

12mM PEG 600

12mM ME

PEG 400 PEG 600

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D. Absorption band of iodine at 350nm at different concentration of KI in presence of polymer

0.02% PEO

0.05% PEO

0.3% PEO

0.02% HPC

0.05% HPC

0.1% HPC