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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 18, Pages 3969-3976Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/es990818o
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In-situ monitoring of particle characteristics is of general interest for both natural and engineered aquatic systems and of particular interest in studying the fragile flee that typically is formed by the addition of chemical coagulants. A nonintrusive photographic technique coupled with digital image processing for in-situ analysis of aggregates formed by the addition of alum [Al-2(SO4)(3). 18H(2)O] to lake water and a montmorillonite clay suspension is described. The technique is unique in that there is no need for sample collection and handling. The analysis method is used to test the hypothesis that charge-neutralization and sweep-flee mechanisms produce fundamentally different particle characteristics, including differences in fractal dimension. For comparative purposes, particle characteristics prior to coagulant addition also are reported. It is found that fractal dimension is lower for sweep-flee coagulation where larger and more irregular aggregates are produced. The results presented here provide insight to jar test data and help explain why better settling often is observed in practice for sweep-flee coagulation as compared to flee produced by a charge-neutralization mechanism.
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