The temperature (more precisely, narrow temperature range) above which the
solubility of a
surfactant rises sharply. At this temperature the
solubility of the surfactant becomes equal to the
critical micelle concentration. It is best determined by locating the abrupt change in slope of a graph of the logarithm
of the
solubility against
or
.
Source:
PAC, 1972, 31, 577
(Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix
II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry)
on page 613