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The effects of multivalent electrolytes on the gravity-induced flocculation of colloidal particles in binary suspensions

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The effects of multivalent electrolytes on gravity-induced heteroflocculation behavior of binary suspensions under different gravity forces are investigated based on the turbidity measurement method. The heteroflocculation behavior of the binary suspensions described by the stability ratio is well analyzed by using the stability diagram and the DLVO theory. It is found that the stability ratios of the binary suspensions decrease with the increase of either the electrolyte concentration and valence or the gravity forces and with the decrease of the size ratio of the latexes components of the binary suspension. Because the theoretical stability ratios obtained by the trajectory analysis method are always higher than the corresponding heteroflocculation experimental values obtained by turbidity measurements, we successfully apply the “regressed” surface potentials determined from the flocculation experiments of monodispersed suspension to predict the stability ratios of the corresponded binary suspension.

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The financial support received from the National Science Council of the Republic of China, research grant no. NSC 96-2221-E-029-014-MY3, is greatly appreciated.

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    You-Im Chang, Ying-Ling Wang & Wei-You Cheng

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Chang, YI., Wang, YL. & Cheng, WY. The effects of multivalent electrolytes on the gravity-induced flocculation of colloidal particles in binary suspensions. Colloid Polym Sci 287, 659–670 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-009-2024-1

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