Abstract
The effect of various chemical additives (small molecules and polymers) on the dissolution of two kinds of colloidal silica (Aerosil 200 and laboratory-synthesized, SSD) is systematically studied at pH 10. The silica scale dissolvers tested are 5-carboxybenzotriazole (CBZT), amino-tris(methylene phosphonic acid) (AMP), a phosphino-polycarboxylic acid (PPCA), diethylenetriamine pentacarboxylic acid (DETPA), a proprietary polymer (Genesol 40), poly(acrylic acid) (PAA), ethylenediamine-tetrakis(methylenephosphonic acid) (EDTMP), phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid (PBTC), sodium metaborate, and N-phosphonomethylimino-diacetic acid (PMIDA). Of the polymeric additives only Genesol 40 shows some dissolution activity, dissolving ∼280 ppm silica at 10 000 ppm dosage after 72 h. PBTC and DETPA are the best-performing additives of all those tested. PBTC is effective even at the 2500 ppm dosage, as it solubilizes ∼290 ppm silica after 72 h. Its efficiency is dosage-dependent. DETPA is also an effective silica d...
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