Zeta potential effect

Several effects, due to the existence of the double layer on the surface of most particles suspended in Hquids, can be used to measure the so-called zeta potential. Table 1 gives a simplified summary of the effects. 

The well-known DLVO theory of coUoid stabiUty (10) attributes the state of flocculation to the balance between the van der Waals attractive forces and the repulsive electric double-layer forces at the Hquid—soHd interface. The potential at the double layer, called the zeta potential, is measured indirectly by electrophoretic mobiUty or streaming potential. The bridging flocculation by which polymer molecules are adsorbed on more than one particle results from charge effects, van der Waals forces, or hydrogen bonding (see Colloids). 

This equation is a reasonable model of electrokinetic behavior, although for theoretical studies many possible corrections must be considered. Correction must always be made for electrokinetic effects at the wall of the cell, since this wall also carries a double layer. There are corrections for the motion of solvated ions through the medium, surface and bulk conductivity of the particles, nonspherical shape of the particles, etc. The parameter zeta, determined by measuring the particle velocity and substituting in the above equation, is a measure of the potential at the so-called surface of shear, ie, the surface dividing the moving particle and its adherent layer of solution from the stationary bulk of the solution. This surface of shear ties at an indeterrninate distance from the tme particle surface. Thus, the measured zeta potential can be related only semiquantitatively to the curves of Figure 3. 

In this work, an experimental study was conducted on gelatin in semi-dilute region in water solution and research the effect of temperature, pH, zeta potential, and ionic strength on hydrodynamic properties by viscometiy, in order to determine the conformational characteristic, and phase transition (Tgei). 

Electroviscous effect occurs when a small addition of electrolyte a colloid produces a notable decrease in viscosity. Experiments with different salts have shown that the effective ion is opposite to that of the colloid particles and the influence is much greater with increasing oxidation state of the ion. That is, the decrease in viscosity is associated with decreased potential electrokinetic double layer. The small amoimt of added electrolyte can not appreciably affect on the solvation of the particles, and thus it is possible that one of the determinants of viscosity than the actual volume of the dispersed phase is the zeta potential. 

The calculation of zeta potential from electoviscous effect measures (Rubio-Hernandez et al. 1998 and 2004), is given by the equation... 

Fig. 3. Study of the electroviscous effect of NaCl on gelatin B. a-Hydrodynamic radius, b-r /r o. c- Zeta potential at different pH (O.OOIM NaCl).

In order to describe the effects of the double layer on the particle motion, the Poisson equation is used. The Poisson equation relates the electrostatic potential field to the charge density in the double layer, and this gives rise to the concepts of zeta-potential and surface of shear. Using extensions of the double-layer theory, Debye and Huckel, Smoluchowski,... 

Overbeek and Booth [284] have extended the Henry model to include the effects of double-layer distortion by the relaxation effect. Since the double-layer charge is opposite to the particle charge, the fluid in the layer tends to move in the direction opposite to the particle. This distorts the symmetry of the flow and concentration profiles around the particle. Diffusion and electrical conductance tend to restore this symmetry however, it takes time for this to occur. This is known as the relaxation effect. The relaxation effect is not significant for zeta-potentials of less than 25 mV i.e., the Overbeek and Booth equations reduce to the Henry equation for zeta-potentials less than 25 mV [284]. For an electrophoretic mobility of approximately 10 X 10 " cm A -sec, the corresponding zeta potential is 20 mV at 25°C. Mobilities of up to 20 X 10 " cmW-s, i.e., zeta-potentials of 40 mV, are not uncommon for proteins at temperatures of 20-30°C, and thus relaxation may be important for some proteins. 

Hydrophobic colloidal particles move readily in the liqnid phase under the effect of thermal motion of the solvent molelcnles (in this case the motion is called Brownian) or under the effect of an external electric field. The surfaces of such particles as a rule are charged (for the same reasons for which the snrfaces of larger metal and insnlator particles in contact with a solution are charged). As a result, an EDL is formed and a certain valne of the zeta potential developed. 

As at other interfaces, the effective snrface charge of colloidal particles depends on the total concentration and composition of the solution, particnlarly on polyvalent or snrface-active ions that may be present. When the zeta potential is reduced below a certain critical (absolute) value, which is approximately 25 to 30 mV, the colloidal solution becomes nnstable. 

The determination of the zeta potential of particles in a disperse system provides useful information concerning the sign and magnitude of the charge and its effect on the stability of the system (see Sec. II.B) [56, 206 208], It can be of value in the development of pharmaceutical suspensions, particularly if the... 

The potential governing these electrokinetic effects is clearly at the boundary (the face of shear) between the stationary phase (the fixed double layer) and the moving phase (the solution). This potential is called the electrokinetic potential or the zeta potential. An electrokinetic phenomenon in soil involves coupling between electrical, chemical, and hydraulic gradients. 

Thus far, these models cannot really be used, because no theory is able to yield the reaction rate in terms of physically measurable quantities. Because of this, the reaction term currently accounts for all interactions and effects that are not explicitly known. These more recent theories should therefore be viewed as an attempt to give understand the phenomena rather than predict or simulate it. However, it is evident from these studies that more physical information is needed before these models can realistically simulate the complete range of complicated behavior exhibited by real deposition systems. For instance, not only the average value of the zeta-potential of the interacting surfaces will have to be measured but also the distribution of the zeta-potential around the mean value. Particles approaching the collector surface or already on it, also interact specifically or hydrodynamically with the particles flowing in their vicinity [100, 101], In this case a many-body problem arises, whose numerical... 

Electrostatics in Non-Aqueous Media. A popular misconception in studies of non-aqueous dispersions concerns electrostatic effects. Because these are more difficult to measure than in aqueous media, there has been a general tendency to ignore them completely. However, the few investigators who have measured zeta-potentials or electrodeposition with these systems have become convinced of their importance. With the advent of modern commercial instrumentation for zeta-potentials in non-aqueous media it is to hoped that these effects will be measured rather than ignored. 

Figure 6.2 The effect of pH on the zeta potential of cellulosic fines and fibres as measured by streaming potential and microelectrophoresis (figures in brackets are negative).

The effect which polyelectrolyte adsorption has upon the surface charge (zeta potential) of fibres and fines is also important—particularly for retention—and both molecular weight and charge density of the adsorbed polyelectrolyte are known to affect the particle surface charge, although not always in an intuitively predictable way. 

Zeta potential The potential existing between the suspending medium and the effective electrical surface of a particle. 

The potential is the potential difference between the plane of shear (or slipping plane) and the bulk solution. From Eq. (4), it is clear that for a given situation of water (electrolyte) in the interstitium, the Ueo is proportional to the zeta potential and to the applied field strength. Also in a real situation of EOD, it is necessary to use the so called length-averaged value of the zeta potential in order to take into account the effect of the axially variable zeta potential on the electroosmotic velocity. 

Consider the results given in Fig. B on the zeta potential of Al203 (corundum) in solutions in various electrolytes by Modi and Fuerstenau (1957). Explain the various potential increasing and decreasing effects identify the ions that are specifically adsorbed. 

Effect of adsorbed polymer on the double-layer. Because of the presence of adsorbed train segments, the double layer is modified. The zeta-potential, , is displaced because the adsorbed polymer displaces the plane of shear. The parameters for describing adsorbed polymers are the fraction of the first layer covered by segments, 0, and the effective thickness, A, of the polymer layer, The insert gives the distribution of segments over trains and loops for polyvinyl alcohol adsorbed on silver iodide. Results obtained from double layer and electrophoresis measurements. 

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