Effects of humic acid and surfactants on the aggregation kinetics of manganese dioxide colloids

Abstract

The aggregation of common manganese dioxide (MnO₂) colloids has great impact on their surface reactivity and therefore on their fates as well as associated natural and synthetic contaminants in engineered (e.g. water treatment) and natural aquatic environments. Nevertheless, little is known about the aggregation kinetics of MnO₂ colloids and the effect of humic acid (HA) and surfactants on these. In this study, the early stage aggregation kinetics of MnO₂ nanoparticles in NaNO₃ and Ca(NO₃)₂ solutions in the presence of HA and surfactants (i.e., sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)) were modeled through time-resolved dynamic light scattering. In the presence of HA, MnO₂ colloids were significantly stabilized with a critical coagulation concentration (CCC) of ~300 mmol·L^-1 NaNO₃ and 4 mmol·L^-1 Ca(NO₃)₂. Electrophoretic mobility (EPM) measurements confirmed that steric hindrance may be primarily responsible for increasing colloidal stability in the presence of HA. Moreover, the molecular and/or chemical properties of HA might impact its stabilizing efficiency. In the case of PVP, only a slight increase of aggregation kinetics was observed, due to steric reactions originating from adsorbed layers of PVP on the MnO₂ surface. Consequently, higher CCC values were obtained in the presence of PVP. However, there was a negligible reduction in MnO₂ colloidal stability in the presence of 20 mg·L^-1SDS.

Keywords

manganese dioxide colloids / humic acid / surfactant / aggregation kinetics / drinking water

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Science & Technology Pillar Program, China (No. 2012BAC05B02), the Funds for Creative Research Groups of China (No.51121062), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51008104), the funds of the State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment (HIT, 2013TS04), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (HIT.NSRIF.201188).

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