title: [Coupling AFM fluid imaging with micro-flocculation filtration process for the technological optimization].
abstract: Atomic force microscope (AFM) fluid imaging was applied to the study of micro-flocculation filtration process and the optimization of micro-flocculation time and the agitation intensity of G values. It can be concluded that AFM fluid imaging proves to be a promising tool in the observation and characterization of floc morphology and the dynamic coagulation processes under aqueous environmental conditions. Through the use of AFM fluid imaging technique, optimized conditions for micro-flocculation time of 2 min and the agitation intensity (G value) of 100 s(-1) were obtained in the treatment of dye-printing industrial tailing wastewater by the micro-flocculation filtration process with a good performance.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. beizheng@rcees.ac.cn
authors.forename: Bei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Xiao-peng
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Ge
authors.forename: Zhi-yong
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Sheng-guang
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Wen-jing
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing-fang
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005374:Filtration / Q000379:methods*; D005427:Flocculation; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force / Q000379:methods*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D062065:Wastewater / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D062065:Wastewater