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THE EFFECT OF WATER CHEMISTRY ON THE PROPERTIES OF IRON PARTICLES AND IRON SUSPENSIONS
Citation:
Lytle*, D A. THE EFFECT OF WATER CHEMISTRY ON THE PROPERTIES OF IRON PARTICLES AND IRON SUSPENSIONS. Presented at AWWA WQTC, Salt Lake City, Utah, 11/2000.
Description:
The structure and properties of iron colloids in aquatic systems is important in understanding their behavior in environmental and engineering systems. For example the adsorption of contaminants onto iron colloids and subsequent transport through ground water aquifers and surface waters has been shown to be associated with the mobility of the colloids. Discolored water (red water) in drinking water distribution systems is often the result of mobile iron particles. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of pH, carbonate and phosphate on the physical properties of iron colloids/particles and the aesthetic properties of iron suspensions.