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Title: Stabilization of Colloidal Silica Using Small Polyols

Journal Article · · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
OSTI ID:12666

We have discovered that small polyols are reasonably effective at stabilizing colloidal silica against aggregation, even under the conditions of high pH and salt concentration. Both quasielastic and elastic light scattering were used to show that these polyols dramatically decrease the aggregation rate of the suspension, changing the growth kinetics from diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation to reaction-limited cluster-cluster aggregation. These polyols maybe useful in the treatment of tank wastes at the Hanford site.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
12666
Report Number(s):
SAND99-2298J; TRN: US0102572
Journal Information:
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Other Information: Submitted to Journal of Colloid and Interface Science; PBD: 7 Sep 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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