ELECTROKINETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CALCINED KAOLINITE IN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTIONS

摘要

In this work, the electrokinetic characteristics of calcined kaolinite in aqueous solutions has been studied in the presence of the electrolytes of NaCl, KCl, NH4Cl, NaNO3, MgCl2, CaCl2 and AlCl3, through electrophoretic measurement. The experimental results have shown that the zeta potential was closely dependent on the valence and concentration of the electrolytic cations, but not on the type of the cations. The higher the valence and the concentration were, the stronger the impact to the zeta potential was. Al3+ could reverse the potential sign from negative to positive. In addition, it was found that the monovalent anions of Cl- and NO3- made a big difference to the zeta potential at the same dosage.