Acrylic Acid‐Allylpolyethoxy Carboxylate Copolymer as an Effective Inhibitor for Calcium Phosphate and Iron(III) Scales in Cooling Water Systems. Issue 7 (15th May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Guangqing; Zhou, Yuming; Huang, Jingyi; Yao, Qingzhao; Ling, Lei; Zhang, Peixin; Fu, Change; Wu, Wendao; Sun, Wei; Hu, Zhengjun
• Is Part Of: Clean. Volume 43:Issue 7(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 989
• Page End: 994
• Publication Date: 2015-05-15
• Subjects: Water quality -- Periodicals; Water -- Pollution -- Periodicals; Pollution -- Periodicals; Bioremediation -- Periodicals; Sewage -- Periodicals; Water chemistry -- Periodicals; 333.7205
• DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100569
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1863-0650

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec id="clen201100569-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>A novel type of calcium phosphate and iron(III) scale inhibitor acrylic acid‐allylpolyethoxy carboxylate AA‐APEL<italic>n</italic> (AL<italic>n</italic>) was synthesized. The observation shows that the adsorption of the AL<italic>n</italic> copolymer on the crystal surface caused deformation of calcium phosphate crystal morphology. Furthermore, both calcium phosphate and iron(III) inhibition increase with increasing the degree of polymerization of AL<italic>n</italic> from 5 to 15, and the dosage of AL<italic>n</italic> plays an important role on calcium phosphate and iron(III) inhibition. Inhibition mechanism is proposed that the interactions between calcium or iron ions and polyethylene glycol (PEG) are the fundamental impetus to restrain the formation of the scale in cooling water systems.</p> </sec> </abstract>