Sb. Roy et Da. Dzombak, NA-CA2(+) EXCHANGE EFFECTS IN THE DETACHMENT OF LATEX COLLOIDS DEPOSITED IN GLASS BEAD POROUS-MEDIA(), Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 119(2-3), 1996, pp. 133-139
The detachment of latex colloids deposited in packed glass-bead column
s was observed under conditions where the ionic strength was reduced a
nd ion exchange between Na+ and Ca2+ occurred. For identical influent
solutions producing colloid release, it was found that deposited collo
ids in equilibrium with Ca2+ were released less readily than those in
equilibrium with Na+. For influent solutions at the same reduced ionic
strength with Ca2+ or Na+, colloid release was lower when Ca2+ ions w
ere present. These phenomena cbn be explained by the selectivity of la
tex surfaces for Ca2+ over Na+ ions as observed in Na+-Ca2+ exchange e
xperiments.