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Stability and Adsorption Properties of Suspensions of Finely Dispersed Silica in the Presence of Cationic Surfactants

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Interrelation between the coagulation rate, adsorption and electrokinetic properties of silica polydisperse suspensions in the presence of cationic surfactants is studied. The highest coagulation rate is observed in a certain concentration range of the cationic surfactants. When pH values increases, an increasing amount of cationic surfactant is required to achieve maximal coagulation rate. For bisquaternary cationic surfactants, ethonium and decamethoxine, maximal coagulation rate is observed at concentrations by an order of magnitude lower than for monoquaternary cetyltrimethylammonium bromide. It is concluded that the suspensions lost their stability as a result of both neutralization of particle surface charge and flocculating effect of the cationic surfactants. Moreover, the flocculation mechanism depends on the cationic surfactant nature and physicochemical parameters of the medium, ionic strength and pH.

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Mikhailova, I.V., Gerashchenko, I.I. Stability and Adsorption Properties of Suspensions of Finely Dispersed Silica in the Presence of Cationic Surfactants. Colloid Journal 64, 583–587 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020661926458

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