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The inhibition effect mechanisms of four scale inhibitors on the formation and crystal growth of CaCO 3 in solution

The inhibition effect mechanisms of four scale inhibitors on the formation and crystal growth of CaCO 3 in solution

Changjun Li, Chaoyi Zhang, Wuping Zhang

Sci Rep. 2019 Sep 16;9(1):13366.

PMID: 31527705

Abstract:

The experimentation, molecular dynamics simulation and DFT calculation were used to study the inhibition effects of four scale inhibitors, including polyacrylic acid (PAA), hydrolyzed polymaleic anhydride (HPMA), polyepoxysuccinic acid (PESA) and polyaspartic acid (PASP), on formation and crystal growth of CaCO3 in solutions. According to concentrations of Ca2+ in solutions, the sequence of inhibition effects of scale inhibitors on formation of CaCO3 in the solution was PESA > PASP > HPMA > PAA. Characterization of CaCO3 crystals by XRD and a laser particle size analyzer indicated that the sequence of inhibition effects of scale inhibitors on crystal growth of CaCO3 in solutions was PESA > HPMA > PASP > PAA. Interaction energies between the scale inhibitor molecule and Ca2+, and between the scale inhibitor molecule and the CaCO3 (104) surface indicated that the difference of the inhibition effects was derived from the difference in the interaction energy. The results of DFT calculation indicated that the difference between the interaction energies of these inhibitors and Ca2+ was derived from differences of number and the Mulliken population values of the chemical bonds which formed between the inhibitor molecule and Ca2+ and between the inhibitor molecule and the CaCO3 surface.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP51274374	Polyepoxysuccinic acid		51274-37-4	Price

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