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Title: | Polymers in inorganic scale control: Molecular dynamics study of edge-active polymers | Contributor(s): | Smith, Erica J (author) ; Fellows, Chris (author) | Publication Date: | 2015-12-18 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29124 | Abstract: | Scale formation from aqueous solution is a significant problem in many industrial processes, impairing efficiency and necessitating costly shut-downs in processes as diverse as sugar milling and seawater desalination. For many years low molecular-weight polyelectrolytes have been used to inhibit scale formation in aqueous solution. Experimental work in our group on poly(acrylic acid) scale inhibitors of known molecular weight and end-group functionality has shown that the extent of inhibition of bulk crystallization by poly(acrylic acid) can be increased by incorporating end-groups of moderate hydrophobicity. We have found dramatic effects on inhibition time, crystal morphology and speciation, and the balance between heterogeneous and homogeneous nucleation. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | Pacifichem 2015: 7th International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Honolulu, United States of America, 15th - 20th December, 2015 | Source of Publication: | 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, p. 1-1 | Publisher: | Pacifichem | Place of Publication: | Honolulu, United States of America | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 030305 Polymerisation Mechanisms | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 340306 Polymerisation mechanisms | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 860699 Industrial Chemicals and Related Products not elsewhere classified | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 240901 Antimicrobials, antifungals and biocides | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | https://pacifichem.org/ |
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