The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is a known complexing agent that interacts with a host of cations. In this paper, various techniques are used to elucidate the mechanism of interaction between EDTA and barium sulfate surfaces. It is shown that complexation with metal ions is not sufficient to...

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Main Authors: Jones, Franca, Jones, Philip, Ogden, Mark, Richmond, William, Rohl, Andrew, Saunders, M.
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Published: Elsevier 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35537
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author Jones, Franca
Jones, Philip
Ogden, Mark
Richmond, William
Rohl, Andrew
Saunders, M.
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Jones, Philip
Ogden, Mark
Richmond, William
Rohl, Andrew
Saunders, M.
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description Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is a known complexing agent that interacts with a host of cations. In this paper, various techniques are used to elucidate the mechanism of interaction between EDTA and barium sulfate surfaces. It is shown that complexation with metal ions is not sufficient to explain the inhibition of barite crystallization but that other processes such as chemisorption must also occur. EDTA is shown to always adsorb as the mono-protonated species?suggesting that the molecule is able to lose a proton when it adsorbs at lower pH. Molecular modelling shows that the interaction of the surface barium ions with the carboxylate group is an important one. Finally, in situ turbidity measurements provide information about the mechanism of nucleation/growth modification. It is found that the EDTA molecule inhibits barium sulfate nucleation and that this could be its primary means of inhibiting precipitation of barium sulfate.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-355372017-09-13T15:55:19Z The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate Jones, Franca Jones, Philip Ogden, Mark Richmond, William Rohl, Andrew Saunders, M. Barium sulfate Amino-carboxylates Speciation Infrared spectroscopy Molecular modelling Adsorption Inhibitors Scale Precipitation Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) is a known complexing agent that interacts with a host of cations. In this paper, various techniques are used to elucidate the mechanism of interaction between EDTA and barium sulfate surfaces. It is shown that complexation with metal ions is not sufficient to explain the inhibition of barite crystallization but that other processes such as chemisorption must also occur. EDTA is shown to always adsorb as the mono-protonated species?suggesting that the molecule is able to lose a proton when it adsorbs at lower pH. Molecular modelling shows that the interaction of the surface barium ions with the carboxylate group is an important one. Finally, in situ turbidity measurements provide information about the mechanism of nucleation/growth modification. It is found that the EDTA molecule inhibits barium sulfate nucleation and that this could be its primary means of inhibiting precipitation of barium sulfate. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35537 10.1016/j.jcis.2007.09.005 Elsevier fulltext
spellingShingle Barium sulfate
Amino-carboxylates
Speciation
Infrared spectroscopy
Molecular modelling
Adsorption
Inhibitors
Scale
Precipitation
Jones, Franca
Jones, Philip
Ogden, Mark
Richmond, William
Rohl, Andrew
Saunders, M.
The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate
title The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate
title_full The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate
title_fullStr The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate
title_full_unstemmed The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate
title_short The interaction of EDTA with barium sulfate
title_sort interaction of edta with barium sulfate
topic Barium sulfate
Amino-carboxylates
Speciation
Infrared spectroscopy
Molecular modelling
Adsorption
Inhibitors
Scale
Precipitation
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35537