Abstract

The dispersion and coagulation phenomena of iron(III) hydroxide sols were investigated as a function of pH in the absence and presence of amino acids. The amino acids used were glycine,L-α-alanine,DL-α-amino-n-butyric acid,L-valine,L-leucine,L- isoleucine,L-glutamic acid andL-arginine. The turbidity measurements of the iron-(III) hydroxide sols, which were prepared by pouring an aqueous iron(III) chloride solution into boiling distilled water, were carried out using a spectrophotometer with an addermixer device and an automatic recording system. The zeta potentials of sol particles were obtained by ultra-microelectrophoresis. The change in turbidity of the sol, as a measure in stability of the sol, increased with increasing pH in the region of pH 2–8, and reached a maximum at the isoelectric point of the particles. The coagulation at the isoelectric point was prevented by adding amino acids, and the stabilization had an optimum point at concentrations which depended upon the kinds of amino acids. The remarkable dispersing effect of amino acids which occurred near the isoelectric point of the particles at the suitable concentration of the ammo acids may be due to the steric protection by amino acid adsorbed. The protective action was explained according to a modified DLVO theory, the modification for London-van der Waals force being applied in order to take the effect of the adsorption layer into account.

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