Stabilization of weakly charged microparticles using highly charged nanoparticles

An experimental investigation was conducted to evaluate the possible use of highly-charged spherical nanoparticles to stabilize an aqueous dispersion of weakly-charged microspheres. At low pH values, the surface of silica is weakly charged, which leads to flocculation of colloidal suspensions of sil...

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Main Author: Herman, David Joel
Other Authors: Chemical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34345
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08042011-121649/