Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 37, Issue 10, Pages 2458-2466Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(03)00021-6
Keywords
colloid titration; sludge; surface charge; EPS charge
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Surface charge quantification of polymer solutions and sludge suspensions were investigated by the colloid titration technique and compared to charge densities obtained by pH-titration. The colloid titration technique worked well for polymer samples. The charge quantity of humic acid and activated sludge extracellular polymers (EPS) was estimated to be -1.51 and -0.42 meq/g, respectively. These values are reasonable when compared to pH-titration results. The surface charge of activated sludge particles appears to be below the limit of detection. However, surface charge estimates are obtained, when the reactant doses and sample concentration are increased. It is suggested that such estimates are not correct, but artefacts of the non-stoichiometric precipitation of the polymeric reactants at high doses. It appears that the colloid titration method is limited to conditions of low reactant doses and valid for charge determination of extracted sludge polymers, whereas the method is not valid for charge determination of whole sludge. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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