Investigations of flocculation possibilities of the water alumina suspension in the presence of nonionic polymer

Małgorzata Wisniewska; Stanisław Chibowski; Teresa Urban

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.19, No.1, 263-271, January, 2013

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2012.08.010 Export Citation

Investigations of flocculation possibilities of the water alumina suspension in the presence of nonionic polymer

Małgorzata Wisniewska^†, Stanisław Chibowski, and Teresa Urban

Department of Radiochemistry and Colloids Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, M. Curie Sklodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

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The effect of solution pH and molecular weight of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) on their adsorption as well as stability of the colloidal Al2O3 water suspension was studied. The following methods were applied: turbidimetry, spectrophotometry, viscosimetry, potentiometric titration and microelectrophoresis. It was shown that the increasing solution pH affects conformation of the adsorbed macromolecules which affects the stability properties of such systems. The polymer adsorption causes deterioration of the stability conditions of the investigated alumina systems in comparison to those without polymer at all investigated pH values. At pH 3 and 6 the effect of the suspension destabilization is significantly smaller than at pH 9. The most effective flocculent of Al2O3 water suspension is PEO of the molecular weight 218,000 at pH 9.

Keywords:Bridging flocculation;Polymer adsorption;Polyethylene glycol;Suspension stability;Alumina

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[Referenced By]

[1] Tripathy T, De BR, Journal of Physical Science., 10, 93 (2006)

[2] Lund E, Nissen B, Water Research., 20, 37 (1986)

[3] Yong Z, Yu W, Bin D, Advances in Materials Research., 707, 347 (2012)

[4] Zhang W, Xiong RC, Wei G, J. Hazard. Mater., 172(2-3), 1252 (2009)

[5] Cheng WP, Chang JN, Chen PH, Yu RF, Huang YW, Hsieh YJ, Environmental Engineering Science., 27, 523 (2010)

[6] Wu YF, Liu W, Gao NY, Tao T, Water Research., 45, 3704 (2011)

[7] Runkana V, Somasundaran P, Kapur PC, Chem. Eng. Sci., 61(1), 182 (2006)

[8] Yu J, Wang D, Ge X, Yan M, Yang M, Colloids and Surfaces., 290, 288 (2006)

[9] Kamibayashi M, Ogura H, Otsubo Y, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 321(2), 294 (2008)

[10] Proskurina VE, Myagchenkov VA, The Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology., 31, 156 (2009)

[11] Asakura S, Oosawa F, Journal of Chemical Physics., 22, 1255 (1954)

[12] Asakura S, Oosawa F, Journal of Polymer Science., 33, 183 (1958)

[13] Leong YK, Colloids and Surfaces., 118, 107 (1996)

[14] Medvedovski E, Ceramics International., 32, 369 (2006)

[15] Gandhi RM, Viswanathan N, Meenakshi S, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules., 47, 146 (2010)

[16] Kasprzyk-Hordern B, Da˛browska A, S´ wietlik J, Nawrocki J, Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering., 3, 41 (2004)

[17] Hirashima H, Kojima C, Imai H, The Journal of Sol.Gel Science and Technology., 8, 843 (1997)

[18] Liu Q, Wang A, Wang X, Gao P, Wang X, Zhang T, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials., 111, 323 (2008)

[19] Nuysink J, Koopal LK, Talanta., 29, 495 (1982)

[20] M’Pandou, Siffert B, Colloids and Surfaces., 24, 159 (1987)

[21] Chibowski S, Wis´niewska M, Adsorption Science and Technology., 19, 409 (2001)

[22] Rosen MJ, Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons, New York (1978)