Electrokinetic properties of Cassiterite

1953 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 278 ◽  
Author(s):  
DJ O'Connor ◽  
AS Buchanan

Simultaneous ζ-potential and surface conductivity measurements have been made on three samples of cassiterite (SnO2) in water, in solutions of HCl, alkalis, inorganic salts, and the flotation collector reagent sodium cetyl sulphate. It is probable that the intrinsic surface charge of cassiterite in water is negative and that it is due to surface ionization as a very weak acid. Two of the solids possessed a negative surface whilst the positive charge of the third seemed to be due to ionization of a strongly basic impurity. Those samples having a negative charge showed little reaction with sodium cetyl sulphate alone, but appreciable adsorption of cetyl sulphate ion took place in acid solution. On the other hand, the sample with the positive surface reacted with cetyl sulphate ion even in the absence of acid. In all cases adsorption of cetyl sulphate was completely reversible.

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
James K. Beattie

Abstract. The waterfall effect describes the separation of charge by splashing at the base of a waterfall. Smaller drops that have a net negative charge are created, while larger drops and/or the bulk maintain overall charge neutrality with a net positive charge. Since it was first described by Lenard (1892) the effect has been confirmed many times, but a molecular explanation has not been available. Application of our fluctuation-correlation model of hydrophobic hydration accounts for the negative charge observed at aqueous interfaces with low permittivity materials. The negative surface charge observed in the waterfall effect is created by the preferential adsorption of hydroxide ions generated from the autolysis of water. On splashing, shear forces generate small negative drops from the surface, leaving a positive charge on the remaining large fragment. The waterfall effect is a manifestation of the general phenomenon of the negative charge at the interface between water and hydrophobic surfaces that is created by the preferential adsorption of hydroxide ions.


Soil Research ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 331 ◽  
Author(s):  
RL Parfitt

The positive and negative surface charges of some New Zealand soils used for horticulture were measured at different pH values using 0.002 M CaCl2 solutions, Which have a similar ionic strength to soil solutions in New Zealand. The surface negative charge increased with pH for all soil samples including those containing mica and smectite. This behaviour was mainly due to the presence of organic matter and allophane both of which had an appreciable amount of variable negative charge. Allophanic soil B horizons had a higher positive charge than that of the Oxidic soils, which was less than 1 cmol kg-1 at pH 5.


Clay Minerals ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.W. Childs ◽  
R.L. Parfitt ◽  
R.H. Newman

AbstractThe structure of Silica Springs allophane from New Zealand has been studied by high-resolution 27A1 and 29Si NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Experimental NMR conditions were chosen to give a quantitative relationship between signal strength and Al content. Aluminium is present in both octahedral (Alvi) and tetrahedral (Aliv) coordination, and the ratio Alvi:Aliv was obtained for three samples with different total Al:Si ratios. In all cases the Aliv:Si ratio was 1 : 3, consistent with the ratio in ideal muscovite. The negative charge arising from Aliv was apparently balanced by positive charge at adjacent Alvi sites. Both NMR and IR spectra indicate that Si exists in a condensed network, probably a sheet, with Si atoms linked (through oxygen) to one, two and, possibly, three other Si atoms, but not four. The spectra are consistent with a mixture of Si-O-Si, Si-O-Al, and Si-OH linkages. A structure based on fragments of single curved 1 : 1 aluminosilicate layers, with the tetrahedral sheet on the outer surfaces, is suggested, the diameter of curvature being 2–3 nm. The tetrahedral sheet is more or less complete and has a Aliv : Si ratio of 1 : 3; the octahedral Alvi sheet is incomplete. Electron micrographs suggest that, at least in some cases, the fragments form more or less complete spherules. This proposal seems to accord with Farmer's concept of “aluminous hydrous feldspathoids”. The minimum pH at which Silica Springs allophane has precipitated corresponds to the initial presence of tetrahedrally coordinated Al species in solution.


Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2663
Author(s):  
Hyun Jun Woo ◽  
Ji Yeong Yang ◽  
Pyeongjae Lee ◽  
Jong-Bae Kim ◽  
Sa-Hyun Kim

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) produces urease in order to improve its settlement and growth in the human gastric epithelium. Urease inhibitors likely represent potentially powerful therapeutics for treating H. pylori; however, their instability and toxicity have proven problematic in human clinical trials. In this study, we investigate the ability of a natural compound extracted from Zingiber zerumbet Smith, zerumbone, to inhibit the urease activity of H. pylori by formation of urease dimers, trimers, or tetramers. As an oxygen atom possesses stronger electronegativity than the first carbon atom bonded to it, in the zerumbone structure, the neighboring second carbon atom shows a relatively negative charge (δ−) and the next carbon atom shows a positive charge (δ+), sequentially. Due to this electrical gradient, it is possible that H. pylori urease with its negative charges (such as thiol radicals) might bind to the β-position carbon of zerumbone. Our results show that zerumbone dimerized, trimerized, or tetramerized with both H. pylori urease A and urease B molecules, and that this formation of complex inhibited H. pylori urease activity. Although zerumbone did not affect either gene transcription or the protein expression of urease A and urease B, our study demonstrated that zerumbone could effectively dimerize with both urease molecules and caused significant functional inhibition of urease activity. In short, our findings suggest that zerumbone may be an effective H. pylori urease inhibitor that may be suitable for therapeutic use in humans.


2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (19) ◽  
pp. 194118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oriane Bonhomme ◽  
Anne Mounier ◽  
Gilles Simon ◽  
Anne-Laure Biance

1972 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 794-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Müller ◽  
W Walcher ◽  
H.-W Wassmuth

AbstractThree methods for the measurement of the change ΔΦ of the work function Φ of a metal surface due to the presence of adsorbed particles (e. g. oxygen) have been developed utilizing the surface ionization of a beam of metal atoms (e. g. In, Sr) as a probe. The experiments have been performed with a mass spectrometer at ultrahigh vacuum.In the first method the temperature dependency of the ion emission current is used for the determination of the work function Φ considering certain limiting conditions. The two other methods which may be applied simultaneously with the first one, involve a direct measurement of ΔΦ by compensating the change of the contact potential by an external voltage: In the second method the contact potential between the ionizing surface and a surrounding reference electrode is used to control the ion optical conditions for the ion emission, whereas in the third method the change in the kinetic energy of the ions caused by a change of the contact potential between the ionizing surface and the entrance slit of the mass spectrometer is used as a measure of ΔΦ


Proceedings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Vladimir Generalov ◽  
Olga Naumova ◽  
Dmitry Shcherbakov ◽  
Alexander Safatov ◽  
Boris Zaitsev ◽  
...  

The presented results indicate virus-like particles of the coronavirus (CVP) using a nanowire (NW) biosensor based on silicon-on-insulator technology. In the experiment, we used suspensions of CVP and of specific antibodies to the virus. Measurements of the current value of the field-effect transistor before and after the introduction of the CVP on the surface of the nanowire were performed. Results showed antibody + CVP complexes on the phase section with the surface of the nanowire modulate the current of the field-effect transistor; CVP has an electrically positive charge on the phase section “nanowire surface-viral suspension»; antibody + CVP complexes have an electrically negative charge on the phase section “nanowire surface-viral suspension”; the sensitivity of the biosensor is made up of 10−18 M; the time display was 200–300 s.


Soil Research ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
MDA Bolland ◽  
AM Posner ◽  
JP Quirk

The surface charge of several natural kaolinites was measured in the pH range 3-10 using an exchange technique. The positive charge was found to increase with decreasing pH and sometimes to increase with increasing ionic strength; it occurred on the kaolinites at pH values as high as 9 and 10 and was particularly evident at high ionic strengths. The positive surface charge on kaolinites is thought to be due to exposed alumina such as is found on oxide surfaces. Aluminium was found to dissolve from kaolinite at pH values beiow about 6.5. Aluminium dissolution increased with decreasing pH and time. When the proportion of dissolved aluminium ions balancing negative surface charge was taken into account, the negative and net negative surface charge on kaolinite was concluded to be largely due to pH independent charge resulting from isomorphous substitution, together with some pH dependent charge due to exposed SiOH sites. If Na+ was the index cation, dissolved aluminium ions from the clay replaced some of the Na+ balancing the negative surface charge. However, when Cs+ was the index cation, less Cs+ balancing the negative surface charge on the clay was replaced by dissolved aluminium. As the concentration of either Na+ or Cs+ was increased, less dissolved aluminium replaced the index cation as a counteraction to the negative surface charge.


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