Effect of pH on the electrokinetic properties of hydrophilic quartz and quartz made hydrophobic with petroleum

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Colloid J. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

OSTI ID:6382567

Kuvshinov, V A; Altunina, L K; Marchenko, N A

A study was made of the electrokinetic properties of quartz sand having a hydrophilic surface and a surface made hydrophobic by petroleum. The electrokinetic or zeta potential was calculated from the Helmholtz-Smoluchowski equation. It was shown that the effect of the pH on the wetting contact angle and on the zeta potential of quartz with a gel layer is determined by the surface area and not by the electrokinetic charge of the quartz. If the surface charge of quartz having a gel layer due to hydrophobization by petroleum decreases, the decrease is insignificant and the effect of the pH on the wetting by water should persist.

• Research Organization: Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Tomsk (USSR)
• OSTI ID: 6382567
• Journal Information: Colloid J. USSR (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 49:6; Other Information: Translated from Kolloidn. Zh.; 49: No. 6, 1184-1186(Nov-Dec 1987)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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