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Coagulation - Flocculation Theory
Coagulation - Flocculation Theory
Home GeneralPropertiesofColloids
Lecture CoagulationandFlocculation
Quiz ElectricalDoubleLayer
DesignExample
DestabilizationofColloidalDispersion
GeneralPropertiesofColloids
CoagulationandFlocculation
Transportstepisknownasflocculationwhereascoagulation
istheoverallprocessinvolvingdestabilizationandtransport.
ElectricalDoubleLayer
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Althoughindividualhydrophobiccolloidshaveanelectricalcharge,a
colloidaldispersiondoesnothaveanetelectricalcharge.Thediffuse
layer in a colloidal dispersion contains a quantity of counter ions
sufficienttobalancetheelectricalchargeontheparticle.Thecharge
distributioninthediffuselayerofanegativelychargedcolloidcanbe
represented by the curve ABCD in the figure. The ions involved in
this electroneutrality are arranged in such a way as to constitute
whatiscalledelectricaldoublelayer.
Netrepulsionforce,whichmaybeconsideredasenergybarriermust
be overcome before aggregation occurs. The magnitude of energy
barrier depends on (1) charge on the particle, and (2) ionic
compositionofwater.
DestabilizationofColloidalDispersion
Particledestabilizationcanbeachievedbyfourmechanisms:
ChangecharacteristicsofmediumCompressionofdoublelayer.
ChangecharacteristicsofcolloidparticlesAdsorptionandcharge
neutralization.
Providebridges
1.Enmeshmentinaprecipitate.
2.Adsorptionandinterparticlebridging.
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