Adhesion in Solutions of Electrolytes

As already considered, the presence of electrolytes in the solution should have a considerable effect on the adhesion of powder particles. 

The dependence of the adhesion on the concentration and valence of the electrolyte cation was determined experimentally by Buzach [8, 14, 190-195], Fuks [12, 15, 59, 196], and ourselves [45, 

Fuks experiments, in contrast to Buzach s and our own, were made with weakly concentrated electrolytes and chiefly with uni- and divalent cations. 

The adhesion number is related to the concentration of the electrolytes [12, 15, 169] by the following expression  

The value of the coefficient K2 is expressed by the tangent of the slope of the straight lines = /(logo). 

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