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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
Volume 379, Issue 1-3, Pages 21-26Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.11.052
Keywords
Flocculation; Natural organic matter; Colloid stability; Competitive binding; Dynamic light scattering
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22248025, 23688027] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We have studied the aggregation of model silica particles in the presence of NOMs (fulvic acid, humic acid, or alginate) by using dynamic light scattering. Experiments were performed systematically by changing CaCl(2) concentration, the types and concentration of NOMs: Suwannee river fulvic acid (SRFA), Suwannee river humic acid (SRHA), and alginate. Experimental results demonstrate that the aggregation rate in the presence of the SRFA and Ca(2+) ions was on par with the rate of the diffusion limited aggregation. On the other hand, the addition of SRHA or alginate extremely enhances the rate of aggregation in the presence of CaCl(2) compared to the rate of diffusion limited aggregation. The enhancement of the rate is probably due to the bridging of silica particles by the microgels formed by the Ca-mediated bridging of SRHA/alginate molecules. Also, the enhanced aggregation with alginates/SRHA and Ca(2+) ions is reduced by the coexistence of K(+) or Mg(2+) ions. We suppose that the breaking of Ca-mediated bridging of alginates/SRHA by ion-exchange reduces the rate of the enhanced aggregation. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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