Citrate and tartarate based food preservatives can be used to enhance the emulsifying properties of
sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) based micellar system and thus making it appropriate for food applications.
Exploration of interactions between the two species is the key constraint for execution of such ideas. In
this work various micellar and thermodynamic parameters of SDS like critical micellar concentration
(CMC), standard Gibbs free energy of micellization (DG0
mic.) etc. have been calculated in different concentrations
of disodium tartarate (DST) and trisodium citrate (TSC) in the temperature range (288.15–318.15) K
from the conductivity and surface tension measurements. The parameters obtained from these studies
reveal the competitive nature of both the additives with SDS for available positions at the air/water interface.
TSC is found to be more effective additive in order to make SDS micellar system better for its potential
applications as food emulsifier.