Influência do pH sobre a estabilidade de suspensões de alumina estabilizadas eletroestericamente

• Autor(a) principal: Sales, Luciano Leal de Morais
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Souza, Antonio Gouveia de, Soledade, Luiz Edmundo Bastos, Santos, Ieda Maria Garcia dos, Rodrigues Neto, João Batista, Silva, Elson Longo da, Paskocimas, Carlos Alberto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRN
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/32213
• topic: PH; Polymethylmethacrylate; Alumina

In this work, aqueous suspensions of aluminas with different particle sizes were evaluated. The effect of pH on the electrosteric stabilization using PMAA-NH4 (ammonium polymethacrylate) as deflocculant was studied. The amount of deflocculant was optimized and rheologic properties were determined at four different pH values. Sedimentation was also evaluated. For suspensions with pH 4, an electrostatic mechanism of stabilization was observed, probably due to a flat adsorption of PMMA- on the alumina surface, leading to a small efficiency in relation to steric stabilization. For a suspension with pH 12, the steric mechanism of stabilization prevails. Suspensions with pH 7 and 9 present a higher flocculation degree. In relation to particle size, A-1000 samples present a smaller particle size, leading to a smaller interparticle distance (IPS), making stabilization more difficult