micelles can be considered as a species like the surfactant MOnOmMers, we also obtain a similar relationship that Nity = Nu +7 In(xy/N) (42) where Nuty is the chemical potential of an aggregate of N surfactant molecules and xy is the mole-fraction of surfactant molecules in the N- aggregates. Now, at equilibrium jt, = jty, that is, the chemical poten- tials of free monomers and monomers in the aggregates must be the same. Thus, we obtain the result thar w+ kT Inx, =n + [kT In(xy/N)YN- (4.3) This can be rearranged to show that we constant (for a fixed value of N) (4.4) N This is simply the result we would expect from the law of mass action, Thus, for the reaction: N monomers <> 1 micelle, we can immediately write that there is an equilibrium (association) constant given by (4.5)