Temperature-responsive solid-liquid separations with charged block-copolymers of poly(N-isopropyl acryamide) |
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Authors: | O'Shea John-Paul Qiao Greg G Franks George V |
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Affiliation: | Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Australian Mineral Science Research Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010 Australia. |
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Abstract: | Temperature responsive charged block-copolymers of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) have been used in the solid-liquid separation of alumina mineral particles from aqueous solution. The effects of temperature, polymer charge-sign and fraction of charged segment have been investigated. Batch settling and adsorption studies showed that rapid sedimentation results for suspensions with polymers of opposite charge-sign to the particle surface-charge (counterionic) at 50 °C. Cooling the suspensions after flocculation at 50 °C was found to increase the final solids volume fraction of the sediment beds formed through a mechanism related to partial desorption of polymer and the reduction of the hydrophobic attraction. Suspension stability results after dosing with polymers of similar charge-sign to the particle surface-charge (co-ionic) at both 25 and 50 °C. Increasing the amount of polymer charge increased the influence of polymer charge-sign on the adsorption and solid-liquid separation behavior. The performance of the charged block copolymers are compared to that of the random charged copolymer and neutral homopolymer PNIPAM structures. |
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