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Published on: May 11, 2017
Effect of pH and hydration on the normal and lateral interaction forces between alumina surfaces
1Izmir Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Urla Izmir, Turkey. mehmetpolat@iyte.edu.tr
Abstract:
Interaction forces between alumina surfaces were measured using an AFM-colloid probe method at different pHs. For an alpha-alumina-sapphire system at acidic pH, the force curve exhibited a well-defined repulsive barrier and an attractive minimum. At basic pH, the interactive force was repulsive at all separations with no primary minimum. Lateral force measurements under the same conditions showed that frictional forces were nearly an order of magnitude smaller at basic pH than those observed at acidic pH. This behavior was attributed to the hydration of the alumina surface. Normal and lateral force measurements with the strongly hydrated rho-alumina surfaces supported these findings.
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