Electrostatic charge particles

DLVO Theory An acronym for a theory of the stability of colloidal dispersions developed independently by B. Derjaguin and L. D. Landau in one laboratory and by E. J. W. Verwey and J. Th. G. Overbeek in another. The theory was developed to account for the stability against aggregation of electrostatically charged particles in a dispersion. 

The atomic scattering factor for electrons is somewhat more complicated. It is again a Fourier transfonn of a density of scattering matter, but, because the electron is a charged particle, it interacts with the nucleus as well as with the electron cloud. Thus p(r) in equation (B1.8.2h) is replaced by (p(r), the electrostatic potential of an electron situated at radius r from the nucleus. Under a range of conditions the electron scattering factor, y (0, can be represented in temis... 

Particularly in polar solvents, electrostatic charges usually have an important contribution to tire particle interactions. We will first discuss tire ion distribution near a single surface, and tlien tire effect on interactions between two colloidal particles. 

Were we to simply add the ionization energy of sodium (496 kJ/mol) and the electron affin ity of chlorine (—349 kJ/mol) we would conclude that the overall process is endothermic with AH° = +147 kJ/mol The energy liberated by adding an electron to chlorine is msuf ficient to override the energy required to remove an electron from sodium This analysis however fails to consider the force of attraction between the oppositely charged ions Na" and Cl which exceeds 500 kJ/mol and is more than sufficient to make the overall process exothermic Attractive forces between oppositely charged particles are termed electrostatic, or coulombic, attractions and are what we mean by an ionic bond between two atoms... 

Electrostatic attraction (Section 1 2) Force of attraction be tween oppositely charged particles Electrostatic potential (Section 1 10) The energy of interac tion between a point positive charge and the charge field of a molecule... 

Ionic bond (Section 1 2) Chemical bond between oppositely charged particles that results from the electrostatic attrac tion between them... 

Electrostatic Interaction. Similarly charged particles repel one another. The charges on a particle surface may be due to hydrolysis of surface groups or adsorption of ions from solution. The surface charge density can be converted to an effective surface potential, /, when the potential is <30 mV, using the foUowing equation, where -Np represents the Faraday constant and Ai the gas law constant. 

Response to Electric and Acoustic Fields. If the stabilization of a suspension is primarily due to electrostatic repulsion, measurement of the zeta potential, can detect whether there is adequate electrostatic repulsion to overcome polarizabiUty attraction. A common guideline is that the dispersion should be stable if > 30 mV. In electrophoresis the appHed electric field is held constant and particle velocity is monitored using a microscope and video camera. In the electrosonic ampHtude technique the electric field is pulsed, and the sudden motion of the charged particles relative to their counterion atmospheres generates an acoustic pulse which can be related to the charge on the particles and the concentration of ions in solution (18). 

Water and Waste Water Treatment. PAG products are used in water treatment for removal of suspended soHds (turbidity) and other contaminants such as natural organic matter from surface waters. Microorganisms and colloidal particles of silt and clay are stabilized by surface electrostatic charges preventing the particles from coalescing. Historically, alum (aluminum sulfate hydrate) was used to neutralize these charges by surface adsorption of Al cations formed upon hydrolysis of the alum. Since 1983 PAG has been sold as an alum replacement in the treatment of natural water for U.S. municipal and industrial use. 

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