CHARACTERIZATION OF COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS

Abstract

IN THE FLOCCULATION OF COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS BY POLYMERIC FLOCCULANTS, MOST OF THE WORK HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARD THE SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE POLYMERIC FLOCCULANT AND RELATIVELY LITTLE TOWARD CHARACTERIZATION OF THE COLLOIDAL SUSPENSION.THE CHARACTERIZATION OF THESE COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS IN TERMS OF PARTICLE SIZE AND DISTRIBUTION, SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARTICLES, AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE AQUEOUS PHASE MAY IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF FLOCCULATION AND GIVE INSIGHTS INTO ITS MECHANISM.(A)