The effect of humic acid on the aggregation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles under different pH and ionic strengths

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 375-380

  Zhu, Miao ^a   Wang, Hongtao ^a   Keller, Arturo A ^b   Wang, Tao ^a   Li, Fengting ^a  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Critical coagulation concentration; Humic acid; Ionic strength; Nanoparticles; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COAGULATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; OXIDES; PH EFFECTS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION (CCC); ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; HUMIC ACID; NEGATIVE ZETA POTENTIALS; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HUMIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

AGGREGATION; COAGULATION; HUMIC ACID; IONIC COMPOSITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEUTRALIZATION; PH; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TITANIUM;

AGGREGATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ENTROPY; IONIC STRENGTH; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PH; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

AGGREGATION; CRITICAL COAGULATION CONCENTRATION; HUMIC ACID; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOPARTICLES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84899840338     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.036     Document Type: Article

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