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This study was aimed at establishing the interactions prevailing in an anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate, and dopamine hydrochloride in an alcoholic (ethanol) media by using volumetric, conductometric, and tensiometric techniques. Various methods were utilized to estimate the critical micelle concentration (cmc) values at different temperatures. The entire methods yielded the same cmc values. The corresponding thermodynamic parameters viz. the standard free energy of micellization (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>G</mi><mrow><mi>m</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>c</mi></mrow><mi>o</mi></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), enthalpy of micellization (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>H</mi><mrow><mi>m</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>c</mi></mrow><mi>o</mi></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), and entropy of micellization (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>S</mi><mrow><mi>m</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>c</mi></mrow><mi>o</mi></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) were predicted by applying the pseudo-phase separation model. The experimental density data at different temperatures (298.15 K, 303.15 K, 308.15 K, and 313.15 K) were utilized to estimate the apparent molar volumes (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>V</mi><mi>ϕ</mi><mi>o</mi></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) at an infinite dilution, apparent molar volumes (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msubsup><mi>V</mi><mi>φ</mi><mrow><mi>c</mi><mi>m</mi><mi>c</mi></mrow></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) at the critical micelle concentration, and apparent molar volumes (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">Δ</mi><msubsup><mi>V</mi><mi>φ</mi><mi>m</mi></msubsup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>) upon micellization. Various micellar and interfacial parameters, for example, the surface excess concentration (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">Γ</mi><mrow><mi>max</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), standard Gibbs free energy of adsorption at the interface (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="sans-serif">Δ</mi><msup><mi>G</mi><mi>o</mi></msup><msub><mrow></mrow><mrow><mi>a</mi><mi>d</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), and the minimum surface area per molecule (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>A</mi><mrow><mi>min</mi></mrow></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), were appraised using the surface tension data. The results were used to interpret the intermolecular interactions prevailing in the mixed systems under the specified experimental conditions.