Abstract
X-ray scattering patterns of ionic micellar solutions contain both inter- and intramicellar interferences. We show that these two terms can be separated according to the method developed by Hayter and Penfold. Both X-ray and neutron scattering signals are predicted on an absolute scale by a unique model of chain packing. Examples of results obtained through an incomplete separation of intermicellar interferences are discussed using sodium octanoate and sodium dodecylsulfate as typical examples of direct ionic micelles