anionic polyacrylamide/pam flocculant for waste water treatment

anionic polyacrylamide/pam flocculant for waste water treatment
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  • What is anionic polyacrylamide (PAM)?
  • Anionic polyacrylamide (PAM) possesses interconnected and active groups that establish robust bonds with the surface of suspended colloids, promoting the formation of coarse particles among the suspended solids and a mixture of insoluble particles in water (Irfan et al. 2017).
  • What is polyacrylamide (PAM) used for?
  • npj Clean Water 1, Article number: 17 ( 2018 ) Cite this article High molecular weight (10 6 –3 × 10 7 Da) polyacrylamide (PAM) is commonly used as a flocculant in water and wastewater treatment, as a soil conditioner, and as a viscosity modifier and friction reducer in both enhanced oil recovery and high volume hydraulic fracturing.
  • How is an anionic polyacrylamide flocculant synthesized?
  • In this study, an anionic polyacrylamide flocculant was synthesized by ultrasonic initiated template copolymerization (USTP), using sodium allylsulfonate (SAS) and acrylamide (AM) as monomers, poly diallyl dimethyl ammonium chloride (polyDADMAC) as template, and 2,2′-azobis [2- (2-imidazolin-2-yl) propane] dihydrochloride (VA-044) as initiator.
  • Is cationic Pam effective in flocculation?
  • The success of anionic and cationic PAM in flocculation can be related to particle charges that allow for particle flocculation with polymers. Non-ionic PAM was shown to be ineffective at flocculating tailing particles. The ionicity of the polymer appears to be highly relevant here, based on the results.