Flocculation by very high molecular weight polymers
Journal
Colloid and Polymer Science
Journal Volume
274
Journal Issue
2
Pages
172-177
Date Issued
1996
Author(s)
Lin D.-P.
Abstract
Polymer-induced flocculation in which the size of polymer molecules is much greater than that of colloidal particles is investigated. A dynamic analysis is conducted which takes the transient behaviors of the adsorption of particles to a polymer molecule and the particle-particle interactions into account. We show that the number of particles adsorbed to a polymer molecule follows approximately a binomial distribution. An approximate expression for the degree of flocculation of the system under consideration is presented.
Subjects
Bridging flocculation
Degree of flocculation
Polymer adsorption
Very high molecular weight polymers
Type
journal article