abstract
Effect of 4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-benzenedisulfonic acid disodium salt's addition upon Cu2O dispersion properties is studied to clarify dispersant's role in colloidal properties change and its underlying stabilization mechanism, and to quantify processing conditions for the oxide. Dispersing effectiveness was studied through adsorption, theological and electrophoretic measurements, using as-received and surface charge modified Cu2O particles. Maximum solid loading attained without dispersant was 73 wt.% (31 vol.%), with corresponding viscosity of 152.5 +/- 7.3 Pa s. Addition of dispersant resulted in viscosity between 21.0 Pas and 5.4 Pas. No isoelectric point was found for as-received particles' suspensions nor for dispersed suspensions, with particles presenting negative surface charge in all studied pH range, from pH 4 to 10. Adsorption of the organic molecule caused an absolute downshift of 8-25 mV of the electrophoresis curve. Dispersant/Cu2O interaction was assessed through FTIR analysis. Attained results suggest that, at the natural suspensions pH, dispersant-modified Cu2O suspensions are stabilized through inner-sphere complexation mechanism, resulting in high dispersion ability. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
keywords
ALUMINA SUSPENSIONS; WATER INTERFACE; ADSORPTION; COPPER; OXIDE; CUO; NANOPARTICLES; COMPLEXATION; STABILITY; CATECHOL
subject category
Materials Science
authors
Guedes, A; Ferreira, JMF; Ferro, AC
our authors
José Maria da Fonte Ferreira
Retired Professoracknowledgements
M.G. acknowledges FCT for financial support under contract SFRH/BD/25711/2005. The authors are grateful to Jose Carlos Pereira for building Tiron molecule (Fig. 1b) in GAMGI (www.gamgi.org) and to Luis Santos, Susana Pigarra and Jorge Pereira for the helpful discussions.