Ionic strength and polyelectrolyte molecular weight effects on floc formation and growth in Taylor

Ionic strength and polyelectrolyte molecular weight effects on floc formation and growth in Taylor–Couette flows

Published:2021 Issue:5 Volume:17 Page:1246-1257
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Metaxas Athena E.¹²³⁴^ORCID,Panwar Vishal⁵²³⁴^ORCID,Olson Ruth L.⁶⁷⁸⁴^ORCID,Dutcher Cari S.¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

2. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

3. Minneapolis

4. USA

5. Department of Mechanical Engineering

6. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

7. Northwestern University

8. Evanston

Abstract

A Taylor–Couette cell capable of radial injection was used to study the effects of varying solution ionic strength and polyelectrolyte molecular weight on the polyelectrolyte-driven flocculation of bentonite suspensions.

Funder

American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund

Division of Materials Research

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/SM/D0SM01517B

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