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Factors effecting a loss of flocculation activity of polyacrylamide solutions: Shear degradation, cation complexation, and solution aging
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机译：Factors effecting a loss of flocculation activity of polyacrylamide solutions: Shear degradation, cation complexation, and solution aging
AbstractPolyacrylamide and poly(acrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) flocculant solutions were subjected to shear degradation in a rotating cone instrument. At constant shear rate, shear degradation was minimized (highest limiting intrinsic viscosity) by the use of a lower solution concentration and high ionic strength of the polymer solution. Resistance to shear degradation also increased with increasing anionic character of the polyacrylamide. Sheared polymers showed reduced performance as flocculants of coal preparation plant tailings, their major commerical application in the U.K. Partially anionic polyacrylamide solutions were completely inactivated in the presence of certain multivalent cations. Aluminium, ironIII, lead, copper, and zinc ions formed complexes with the carboxyl groups on the polymer, resulting in zero flocculation activity. Nonionic polyacrylamides were unaffected. Viscosity–aging of polyacrylamide solutions was observed over a period of several months, but was insufficient to affect the flocculation activity. In the presence of 3 ethanol or methanol, no aging was observed in solutions stored for over a
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