Novel biodegradable flocculanting agents based on cationic amphiphilic polysaccharides

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 8549-8554

  Ghimici, Luminita ^a   Nichifor, Marieta ^a  

^a PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic polysaccharide; Floc size; Flocculation; Turbidity; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

ALKYL CHAIN LENGTHS; ALKYL SUBSTITUENT; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMPHIPHILIC POLYSACCHARIDE; AMPHIPHILICS; BRIDGING MECHANISM; BUTYL GROUP; CATIONIC POLYSACCHARIDE; CLAY DISPERSION; DODECYL GROUPS; FLOC SIZE; FLOCCULATION PROCESS; NEGATIVE VALUES; PENDENT GROUPS; POLYCATION DOSE; POLYMER DOSE; RESIDUAL TURBIDITY;

ALKYLATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHAIN LENGTH; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GLUCOSE; HYDROCARBONS; MOLAR MASS; POLYSACCHARIDES; TURBIDITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

FLOCCULATION;

ALKYL GROUP; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMPHOPHILE; CATION; DEXTRAN; POLYCATION; POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CATION; CHLORIDE; CLAY; FLOCCULATION; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUGAR; TURBIDITY;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CLAY; DENSITY; FLOCCULATION; MASS; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDIMETRY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATIONS; COLLOIDS; FLOCCULATION; POLYSACCHARIDES; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77955171682     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.06.049     Document Type: Article

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