Mechanisms Affecting Dispersion Stability

Electrostatic or Charge Stabilization - this is the effect on particle interaction due to the distribution of charged species in the system

    Stabilization or flocculation of a system may be modified simply by altering the concentration of ions in a system

    It is a reversible process

    It is potentially inexpensive

    Zeta Potential is a very good index of the magnitude of the interaction between colloidal particles and Zeta Potential measurements are used to assess the stability of colloidal systems

Electrostatic or Charge Stabilization

 
 

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