Salt concentration influence on the efficiency of two cationic polymeric flocculants

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 290, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1301-1308

  Palomino, Daniel ^a   Hunkeler, David ^b   Stoll, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Aqua+TECH Specialties ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flocculant dosage; Flocculant efficiency; Kinetic rates; Latexes; Salt effect

Indexed keywords

CATIONIC POLYMERIC FLOCCULANTS; CATIONIC POLYMERS; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; CHARGE VARIATION; CHARGE-SCREENING EFFECTS; FLOCCULANT DOSAGE; IONIC CONCENTRATIONS; KINETIC RATES; LATEX PARTICLES; MONOVALENT SALT; PARTICLE COUNTING; SALT CONCENTRATION; SALT EFFECT; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

EFFICIENCY; FLOCCULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LATEXES; RATE CONSTANTS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

POLYMERS;

POLYACRYLAMIDE; POSITIVELY CHARGED LINEAR POLYACRYLAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TWO BRANCHED POLYACRYLAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FLOCCULATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE CHARGE; SUSPENSION; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84865137949     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-012-2653-7     Document Type: Article

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