Pc. Hidber et al., COMPETITIVE ADSORPTION OF CITRIC-ACID AND POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL) ONTO ALUMINA AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE BINDER MIGRATION DURING DRYING, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 78(7), 1995, pp. 1775-1780
Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and citric acid (CA) are a commonly used bin
der and dispersant, respectively, for aqueous Al2O3 slurries, The comp
etitive adsorption of these additives on Al2O3 from aqueous solution w
as studied, as was the influence of this competition on the binder mig
ration in centrifugally cast compacts during the drying process, PVA d
id not influence the adsorption behavior of CA. However, the adsorptio
n of PVA on alpha-Al2O3 was strongly reduced by the presence of CA, Th
is displacement of PVA by CA led to a drastically increased segregatio
n of PVA during the drying process.