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Comparison of Hematite Coagulation by Charge Screening and Phosphate Adsorption: Differences in Aggregate Structure

Publié dansClays and clay minerals, vol. 45, no. 5, p. 690-708
Date de publication1997
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The formation and structure of hematite aggregates were examined by dynamic and static light scattering techniques. A large range in coagulation kinetics was studied by varying either indifferent electrolyte (KCl) concentration or surface complexing anion (H2PO4−) concentration, PT, at pH 6.0 ± 0.1. Diffusion limited aggregation (DLA) was induced by counterion screening at [KCl] > 80 mM or by surface charge neutralization at PT = 31 µM (and ionic strength = 1.0 mM). In DLA, the fractal dimension, df, of aggregates formed by either surface charge neutralization or counterion screening was 1.7 ± 0.1. A reduction in the rate of coagulation in KCl for [KCl] < critical coagulation concentration (CCC) produced an increase in df to 2.1 ± 0.1. For aggregation induced by phosphate adsorption at constant ionic strength, there was no apparent trend in df with coagulation rate. The value of df was consistently less than 1.8 when reaction limited aggregation (RLA) resulted from surface charge neutralization rather than counterion screening. TEM observations of aggregates formed in the presence or absence of phosphate confirm that, when RLA is induced by phosphate adsorption, resulting aggregates are much looser in structure than those formed by counterion screening. The results suggest that the high-affinity binding of phosphate to hematite may result in a nonrandom distribution of surface charge that facilitates the coalescence of positive and negative charge crystal faces.

Mots-clés
  • Coagulation Kinetics
  • Fractal Aggregate
  • Hematite
  • Light Scattering
  • Phosphate Adsorption
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CHOROVER, Jonathan David et al. Comparison of Hematite Coagulation by Charge Screening and Phosphate Adsorption: Differences in Aggregate Structure. In: Clays and clay minerals, 1997, vol. 45, n° 5, p. 690–708. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.1997.0450508
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