Optical monitoring of particle aggregates

作     者：John Gregory 

作者机构：Department of CivilEnvironmental and Geomatic EngineeringUniversity College London 

出 版 物：《Journal of Environmental Sciences》 (环境科学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2009年第21卷第1期

页      面：2-7页

核心收录：

学科分类：082803[工学-农业生物环境与能源工程] 08[工学] 0828[工学-农业工程] 0804[工学-仪器科学与技术] 

主　　题：monitoring method flocculation turbidity fluctuation 

摘      要：Methods for monitoring particle aggregation are briefly reviewed. Most of the techniques are based on some form of light scattering and may be greatly dependent on the optical properties of aggregates, which are not generally known. As fractal aggregates grow larger their density can become very low and this has important practical consequences for light scattering. For instance, the scattering coefficient may be much less than for solid objects, which means that the aggregates can appear much smaller than their actual size by a light transmission method. Also, for low-density objects, a high proportion of the scattered light energy is within a small angle of the incident beam, which may also be relevant for measurements with aggregates. Using the ＂turbidity fluctuation＂ technique as an example, it is shown how the apparent size of hydroxide flocs depends mainly on the included impurity particles, rather than the hydroxide precipitate itself. Results using clay suspensions with hydrolyzing coagulants and polymeric floceulants under different string conditions are discussed.