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Impact of electric field on Hofmeister effects in aggregation of negatively charged colloidal minerals

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In this study, the aggregation kinetics of negatively charged colloidal minerals in Na++, K++, NH\(_{\mathrm {4}}^{\mathrm {+}}\), Mg2+, Ca2+ and Cu2+ solutions were measured and Hofmeister effects therein were estimated through total average aggregation (TAA) rates and critical coagulation concentration (CCC). Hofmeister effects of TAA rates increased exponentially with the increase in electric field strength, which cannot be explained by the classical theories (i.e., ionic size, hydration and dispersion forces), indicating strong electric field at colloidal surface was an indispensable factor in studying Hofmeister effects. Meanwhile, Hofmeister series of CCC values Na+> K+> NH\(_{\mathrm {4}}^{\mathrm {+}}>\) Mg2+> Ca2+> Cu2+ show fine correlation with the polarization of various cations, implying that onic polarization in strong electric field would be responsible for Hofmeister effects in aggregation of colloidal minerals, and the deduction was confirmed by the calculated results of electrostatic interactions between colloidal minerals.

Aggregation kinetics of negatively charged colloids in nitrate solutions with various cation species were studied. The pronounced Hofmeister effects observed in strong electric field and the corresponding calculated results for interaction forces indicated that ionic polarization in strong electric field would be responsible for Hofmeister effects in aggregation of colloidal minerals.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 40971146 and 41501241), the Chongqing Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology (No. cstc2014jcyjA00034 and cstc2015jcyjA00036) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 2015M572430).

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    YING TANG, HANG LI, HUALING ZHU, RUI TIAN & XIAODAN GAO

  2. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, China

    YING TANG

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TANG, Y., LI, H., ZHU, H. et al. Impact of electric field on Hofmeister effects in aggregation of negatively charged colloidal minerals. J Chem Sci 128, 141–151 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-015-1008-6

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