Structural Effect and Composition of Anionic Copolymer on Protein Flocculation

Flocculation of lysozyme with anionic copolymers of acrylamide, acrylic acid, and sodium styrene sulfonate used as flocculants was performed in pursuit of high flocculation efficiency. Two major factors, pH and ionic strength, are used to investigate the relationship of the flocculation behavior of protein by copolymers and the functional group (–COOH, –NH₂, –SO₃H) compositions of these copolymers. The protein flocculation can be controlled by adjusting pH. In addition, the various copolymers exhibit differing effects on ionic strength induced protein flocculation. FT-Raman spectroscopy was applied to investigate the mechanism of interaction between protein and copolymer. An attempt was made to understand how the pH and ionic strength change the surface chemical characteristics of protein and copolymers, as well as the relationship between the structure of copolymer and the protein flocculation process.     

Flocculation activity of anionic copolymers of acrylamide with respect to titanium dioxide suspension as influenced by their molecular properties

The kinetics of sedimentation of titanium dioxide suspension in the presence of ionic (anionic) acrylamide copolymers in the mode of free (unrestricted) sedimentation was studied. The effect of concentration and molecular properties of the copolymers on their flocculation activity was evaluated by sedimentation analysis.     

Flocculation of Kaolin Suspensions with Poly-1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole,Its Quarternary Ammonium Salt,and Their Mixtures with Anionic Polyelectrolytes

Homo- and copolymers of 1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole with acrylamide and quarternary salt of polyvinyltriazole were prepared. The flocculation power of these (co)polymers was studied using model kaolin suspensions.     

Ionic Polyacrylamide Flocculants as Promoters of Sedimentation of Ocher Suspension and Thickening of Its Precipitates in Aqueous and Aqueous-Salt Solutions

The kinetic features of flocculation of an ocher suspension and thickening of its precipitate in aqueous and aqueous-salt solutions containing ionic and nonionic acrylamide copolymers with different composition and molecular properties were studied.     

Flocculation Activity (with Respect to Ocher) of Anionic Copolymers of Acrylamide in the Mode of Restricted Sedimentation as Influenced by Their Chemical Heterogeneity

The kinetics of sedimentation of an aqueous ocher suspension in the presence of ionic (anionic) acrylamide copolymers in the mode of restricted sedimentation was studied; the effect of composition and of the composition polydispersity of the copolymer on the flocculation activity with respect to ocher was evaluated.     

Kinetics of flocculation and thickening of precipitates of bentonitic clay suspension in the presence of acrylamide copolymers in aqueous salt solutions

The kinetics of hindered sedimentation and thickening of the sediments of a real disperse system (bentonitic clay suspension) was studied. The flocculation parameters of acrylamide copolymers in aqueous and aqueous salt solutions were evaluated in relation to the chemical nature and concentration of flocculants and electrolytes.     

Effect of selective interactions of ionic acrylamide copolymers on flocculation properties with respect to titanium oxide in aqueous salt solutions

The kinetics of unhindered sedimentation of a titanium dioxide suspension (as model dispersed system) was studied, and the effect of the concentration and mode of addition of various formulations based on anionic and cationic acrylamide copolymers on their flocculation properties in aqueous salt (NaCl) solutions was evaluated.     

Sedimentation Kinetics of Bentonitic Clay Suspension as Influenced by pH of the Medium,Chemical Nature and Concentration of Surfactants,and Molecular Properties of Cationic Acrylamide Copolymer Flocculants

The kinetics of flocculation of bentonitic clay suspensions and thickening of the sediments was studied in the modes of free and hindered sedimentation as influenced by pH of the medium, chemical nature and concentration of surfactants, and molecular properties of cationic flocculants, random copolymers of acrylamide with dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate hydrochloride.     

Flocculation of dilute titanium dioxide suspensions by graft cationic polyelectrolytes

The flocculation of a dilute titanium dioxide (TiO₂) suspension using homopolymers and graft copolymers of acrylamide (AM) and diallyldimethylammonium chloride (DADMAC) was investigated. The graft copolymers produced by γ-irradiating the mixtures of polyacrylamide (PAM) and polyDADMAC gave better flocculating performance than homopolymers, reflecting the higher fractions of large particles and bigger floc size. A kinetic delay in the onset of flocculation was observed after adding the copolymers in the dose range 5–30 [mg polymer]/ [g TiO₂]. Increasing dosage resulted in a longer delay period. No significant flocculation was observed when the dose was above 50 [mg polymer]/[g TiO₂]. This delay was interpreted in terms of the re-conformation of polymer chains driven by charge neutralization, between the positively charged polymer branches and the negative particle surface. Depending on the dosage used, the flocculation behavior of the graft copolymer has been suggested to be equilibrium and non-equilibrium flocculation. It was also observed that re-conformation is not affected by the ion strength of the media, but a strong shear force significantly reduces the chain reconformation time. Received: 9 April 1998 Accepted in revised form: 28 August 1998     

Peculiarities of the formation of polyacrylamide compound-based polyelectrolyte complexes in the course of the flocculation of clay-salt dispersions

Peculiarities of the formation of polyelectrolyte complexes based on cationic and anionic copolymers of acrylamide having different macromolecule charge densities on the surfaces of kaolin particles in highly concentrated salt solution are investigated. The interactions of the copolymers with the clay particle surface and with each other are studied by electrokinetic and IR spectroscopy methods. The rheological properties of kaolin suspensions are investigated in a salt solution in the presence of the polyelectrolytes. The flocculation ability of the polyelectrolytes and their binary mixtures with respect to clay-salt dispersion is estimated. The mechanism for the formation of polyelectrolyte complexes on the surface of clay particles is discussed. It is shown that the complexation of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes on the surfaces of clay particles intensifies the flocculation of clay-salt dispersions.     

Successive adsorption of polyacrylamide compounds from electrolyte solutions on the surface of kaolinitic clay particles

Successive adsorption of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes, namely, cationic and anionic acrylamide copolymers, on a solid phase surface from solutions with high ionic strength is investigated. The constants of the Freundlich equation are calculated for the adsorption of different polymers. The interrelation between the adsorption values of polymers and their flocculation activity with respect to clay-salt suspensions is determined. The successive adsorption of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes strongly affects the flocculation due to the formation of polyelectrolyte complexes on the surface of clay particles. The mechanism for complexation is proposed.     

Reversible flocculation of silica suspensions by water-soluble polymers

The possibility to concentrate, then redisperse colloidal suspensions is not only of great theoretical interest, but is also relevant to the industrial process of solid-liquid separation, which must often be followed by a redispersion stage. Up to now, these consecutive operations were unrealizable in the presence of polymers, since flocculation and adsorption were generally considered irreversible in this case. Previous studies have pointed out the occurrence of two main flocculation mechanisms: charge neutralization and interparticle bridging. The use of copolymers makes it possible to take into account these two different mechanisms together. Using this fact we prepared new copolymers of acrylamide with N-vinylimidazole via radical polymerization and characterized them by light scattering, viscometry, potentiometric titrations, and UV studies. One peculiarity of the chosen system is its dependence on pH: actually the degree of neutralization of such cationic polyelectrolytes does vary with pH, especially near the pK value. This paper shows that these copolymers may induce reversible flocculation of negatively charged suspensions, e.g., silica suspensions, by simple pH adjustment. Performances of the system were followed by various physico-chemical methods. The observed results are explained in terms of flocculation mechanisms as a function of pH.     

Chitosan based nonstoichiometric polyelectrolyte complexes as specialized flocculants

The aim of this work was to evaluate the flocculation of kaolin by using positively charged nonstoichiometric interpolyelectrolyte complex (N-PEC) nanoparticles formed by the interaction of chitosan with poly(sodium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonate) (NaPAMPS) and two random copolymers of AMPS with t-butyl acrylamide, comparative with chitosan. The flocculation efficiency was evaluated by optical density at 500 nm. The N-PEC nanoparticles were more effective than chitosan in the kaolin separation, especially at low molar ratios between charges, when the flocculation window was more then double at an optimum dose lower than that of chitosan. The main advantage of N-PECs is the increase of critical concentration for kaolin re-stabilization, the N-PEC particles adsorbed on the kaolin surface protecting them more efficient against re-dispersion. The influence of low molar mass electrolytes on the flocculation with N-PECs was also investigated.     

丙烯酰胺与4-乙烯基吡啶共聚物的季胺化及其若干性能

将丙烯酰胺 (AM)与 4 乙烯基吡啶 (4VP)的共聚物 (P(AM co 4VP) )用硫酸二甲酯季铵化 ,制备了系列吡啶季铵盐型阳离子丙烯酰胺共聚物 ,用FTIR、1 H NMR和紫外分光光度法表征了其分子结构与组成 ,并重点研究了其絮凝与缓蚀性 ,考察了阳离子度与分子量对其各种功能的影响 .研究结果表明 ,吡啶季铵盐型阳离子丙烯酰胺共聚物具有优良的絮凝 缓蚀等功能 ,且阳离子度越高 ,性能越好 ,而分子量对其性能亦有显著的影响 .     

Flocculation Power of Chitosan and Its Derivatives in Mixtures with Anionic Flocculants

The flocculation properties of chitosan (cationic component) and its copolymers with (meth)acrylic acid were studied. The flocculation power of grafted chitosan copolymers with dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate in mixtures with an anionic polyacrylic flocculant was evaluated.     

Influence des solvants sur la copolymérisation de l'acrylamide avec l'acrylonitrile

The copolymerization of acrylamide with acrylonitrile was investigated in various solvents, which can be put into three groups according to their influence on molecular associations; (1) solvents autoassociated by hydrogen- bonds (acetic acid, methanol, water, dimethylformamide); (2) polar solvents which can associate with the NH group of acrylamide (acetonitrile, dioxane, acetone); (3) inert solvents (toluene, benzene, hexane). The reaction kinetics and the compositions of the copolymers are different for each group of solvents. The composition of copolymers formed in solvents of group 1 vary widely, depend- ing on the solvent. Copolymers formed in all solvents of group 2 have the same composition which is that of copolymers formed in bulk. The amount of acrylamide is highest in copolymers formed in inert solvents of group 3. Such parameters as the degree of conversion, the reaction temperature, the mode of initiation and the extent of dilution only slightly affect the composition of copolymers. Homopolymerizations of acrylamide and acrylonitrile were investigated in all solvent used.The results suggest that the effects of solvents on the copolymerization of acrylamide with acrylonitrile are consequences of the various modes of molecular association of acrylamide. The solvents affect the equilibrium between auto- association of acrylamide and its association with solvent and thereby affect the reactivity of the monomer.     

Flocculation of cellular suspensions by polyelectrolytes

The regularities, kinetics and mechanisms of flocculation of Escherichia coli and B. thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) cellular suspensions by water-soluble polymers-and first of all cationic polyelectrolytes of different charge density and stiffness of the macromolecule chain have been investigated. The effect of the focculant dose and nature, its charge density, the hydrophobic-hydrophilic balance in macromolecule, the suspension concentration, the mode of adding the reagent, the pH and the medium composition on the degree of aggregation of cells both in perikinetic regime and in a flowing system is considered. It has been shown that the main laws of microorganism's suspension flocculation are the same as the laws of flocculation of inorganic dispersions but at the same time the first process is much more complicated because the cell-flocculant interactions are strongly affected by products of cell metabolism, components of the culture liquor, pH value, electrolyte content as well as by the changing structure of the cell surface. On the basis of complex measurements of polymer adsorption and its effect on the electrokinetic potential and degree of aggregation of cells, a conclusion is made that the aggregation of E. coli cells by flexible polyelectrolytes like polydiethylaminoethylmetacrylate and its copolymers with acrylic acid, acrylamide and vinylpyrrolidone is due to charge neutralization, while the flocculation in the presence of rigid-chain chitosan and its derivatives is caused mainly by "bridging" between cells via adsorbed macromolecules. Extraction of cells from suspension can be enhanced by combination of electroflotation and flocculation by cationic polyelectrolytes. It has been shown that dilute suspensions of Bti bacteria can be effectively flocculated and concentrated using different cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes that is necessary for its formulation and use as anti-mosquito agent.     

丙烯酰胺和表面活性大单体共聚物的合成及其性能研究

首先合成表面活性大分子单体丙烯酸聚氧乙烯（２３）－十二烷基酯（ＡＡ－ＰＯＥＬＥ）,再通过与丙烯酰胺共聚合的方法得到在水溶性聚合物聚丙烯酰胺分子结构中引入疏水基团的共聚物改性ＰＡＭ。因ＡＡ－ＯＰＥＬＥ单体具有表面活性,所以共聚合时无需添加乳化剂。当改性ＰＡＭ中疏水基团含量为１．１０ｍｏｌ％时,其水溶液表现出独特的流变性和增稠性,着重讨论了改性ＰＡＭ作为乳胶增稠剂的性能。     

甜菜碱型两性离子聚合物P(AM-DMAPAAS)的盐溶液性质

将丙烯酰胺丙基二甲基胺（DMAPAA）和1,3-丙基磺内酯,在55 ℃下反应20 h,合成了3-（丙烯酰胺丙基二甲胺基）丙磺酸盐（DMAPAAS）,将其在盐溶液中与丙烯酰胺（AM）单体进行自由基共聚合反应,获得净电荷为零的磺基甜菜碱型两性离子共聚物P(AM-DMAPAAS);对该两性离子共聚物进行了表征和溶解性评价。 研究结果表明,共聚物在NaCl溶液中的粘度比在纯水中的大,在Mg2+和Ca2+盐溶液中的粘度更大,且随着溶液浓度的增大而增大,表现出明显的反聚电解质溶液性质。 升高相同温度,两性离子共聚物的粘度保留率是普通聚丙烯酰胺的1.4倍。     

Effect of synthesis conditions on molecular characteristics of acrylamide copolymers with acrylic acid,carriers of cationic biologically active substances

Methods of molecular hydrodynamics and optics were used to study properties of aqueous solutions of acrylamide copolymers with acrylic acid. Dependences of the molecular characteristics of the copolymers on their synthesis conditions were determined and conditions were found in which the process of radical copolymerization of acrylamide with acrylic acid yields water-soluble carboxyl-containing acrylamide copolymers with molecular masses not exceeding 4×10⁴ Da.