Abstract
Free settling tests, small-angle light scattering, microtome-slicing techniques, and confocal laser scanning microscopy were performed to examine how the cationic flocculation or freezing and thawing affected the floc structure. The floc size, internal pore size, mass fractal dimensions determined from free-settling test or small angle light scattering test, aeral porosity, boundary fractal dimension and Sierpinski carpet fractal dimension of pore boundary from 2D slices, and the volume porosity, compactness, and the pores’ box-counting fractal dimension from 3D reconstructed image, were estimated and compared. Cationic flocculation would produce large flocs with internal pores of shape resembling a long “tube” with rough surface. Freezing and thawing would produce flocs with internal pores with lower aspect ratio and a smoother boundary.
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