System and process for determining and analysing surface property parameters of substance based on kinetic method
09719953 · 2017-08-01
Assignee
Inventors
- RUI LI (Chongqing, CN)
- Hang Li (Chongqing, CN)
- Xinmin Liu (Chongqing, CN)
- Zhenlun Li (Chongqing, CN)
- Jie Hou (Chongqing, CN)
- Hualing Zhu (Chongqing, CN)
- Laosheng Wu (Chongqing, CN)
Cpc classification
G01N27/26
PHYSICS
International classification
Abstract
A system and process for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method is provided. The system comprises a sample processing system and a detection system. The sample processing system includes a reactor (3), a collector for liquid to be tested (5), and a container for liquid to be tested (6). The detection system includes a detecting electrode (13), a concentration and activity operator, a kinetic data processor, a surface property operation module, and a result output module. The process comprises: having the substance to be tested to be treated with an electrolyte solution, measuring activity of liquid to be tested upon reaction at a pre-set time interval, and processing with the kinetic data processor and the surface property operation module, so as to obtain surface property parameters of the substance to be tested. The present invention adopts kinetic method of ion exchange to overcome the issues associated with long reaction equilibrium time, not easy to determine equilibrium and not easy to accurately determine the value of m. Five parameters of the substance surface property can be calculated with only intercept and gradient of the linear regression equation obtained from the kinetic data, and the total amount of surface charge can also be directly determined.
Claims
1. A system for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method, comprising a sample processing system and a detection system; the sample processing system including a reactor, a collector for liquid to be tested and a container for liquid to be tested; the reactor is used for containing the substance to be tested and reaction liquid; the reactor is connected with the collector for liquid to be tested via a conduit; the collector for liquid to be tested is connected with the container for liquid to be tested via a conduit; the reaction liquid in the reactor flows into the collector for liquid to be tested; the liquid in the collector for liquid to be tested flows into the container for liquid to be tested; the detection system including a detecting electrode, a concentration and activity operator, a kinetic data processor, a surface property operation module, and a result output module; the detecting electrode is used for detecting an ion activity of solution in a sample container; the concentration and activity operator is used for calculating concentration of the solution based on the ion activity obtained from the detecting electrode; the kinetic data processor is used for processing and storing data obtained from detecting and establishes a linear regression equation to obtain intercept and gradient of a line; the surface property operation module is used for calculating the surface property parameters of the substance based on detected data; the result output module is used for outputting the surface property parameters of the substance; the detecting electrode, the operator concentration and activity, the kinetic data processor, the surface property operation module, and the result output module are connected in order.
2. The system for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method according to claim 1, wherein: the surface property operation module comprises a surface charge total amount operator, a surface potential operator, a surface charge density operator, a surface electric field intensity operator, and a specific surface area operator; the kinetic data processor is connected with the surface charge total amount operator and the surface potential operator; the surface potential operator is connected with the surface charge density operator; the surface charge density operator is connected with the surface electric field intensity operator; the surface charge density operator and the surface charge total amount operator are connected with the specific surface area operator; the result output module is respectively connected with the surface charge total amount operator, the surface potential operator, the surface charge density operator, the surface electric field intensity operator, and the specific surface area operator.
3. The system for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method according to claim 1, wherein: the kinetic data processor establishes the linear regression equation through the following steps, to obtain the intercept and gradient of the line: S1: y-coordinate is y=[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)]/(t.sub.i+1−t.sub.i), x-coordinate is x=N.sub.B(t.sub.i)+0.5[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)]; S2: drawing a line image based on x-coordinate and y-coordinate in a rectangular coordinate system; S3: obtaining the intercept p and gradient q of the line; wherein, N.sub.B(t.sub.i) represents an accumulated adsorption amount of ion B.sup.m+, N.sub.B(t.sub.i) is the accumulated adsorption amount of the sample to ion B.sup.m+ upon reaction for t=t.sub.i minutes, t.sub.0 is a pre-set time interval, and t.sub.i is a reaction time.
4. The system for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method according to claim 3, further comprising: a millivoltmeter, a constant flow pump, a liquid container, a constant temperature chamber and a thermostat; an input port of the millivoltmeter is connected with the detecting electrode; an output port of the millivoltmeter is connected with the concentration and activity operator; the constant flow pump is positioned between the reactor and the collector for liquid to be tested, for controlling liquid flow velocity from the reactor to the collector for liquid to be tested; further comprising: a first control valve, a second control valve, a third control valve, an automatic controller for valve and a negative pressure pump; the first control valve is positioned between the collector for liquid to be tested and the container for liquid to be tested; the container for liquid to be tested is provided with the second control valve that is connected with the negative pressure pump; the container for liquid to be tested is further provided with the third control valve that is connected with the negative pressure pump; the third control valve and the negative pressure pump are provided with a waste liquid discharge outlet for draining liquid from the container for liquid to be tested; the automatic controller for valve is connected with the first control valve, the second control valve and the third control valve, respectively; the thermostat is connected with the constant flow pump; the liquid container is connected with the reactor; and, the sample processing system is positioned within the constant temperature chamber.
5. The system for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method according to claim 2, wherein: the surface charge total amount operator calculates the total amount of surface charge of the substance to be tested with the following equation:
6. The system for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method according to claim 2, wherein: the surface potential operator calculates the surface potential of the substance to be tested with the following equation:
7. A process according to the system for determining and analyzing surface property parameters of a substance based on kinetic method of claim 1, comprising the following steps: S1: performing A.sup.n+ saturation to the surface of the substance to be tested with AX.sub.n electrolyte solution having a known concentration; wherein, the AX.sub.n electrolyte solution represents an electrolyte solution of metallic cation with a charge amount of n, and ion A.sup.n+ represents a metallic cation with a charge amount of n; S2: having a BX.sub.m electrolyte solution with a known concentration to flow through the surface of the substance to be tested, to have fusion replacement occurred between ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ on the surface of the substance to be tested; wherein, BX.sub.m electrolyte solution represents an electrolyte solution of a metallic cation with a charge amount of m, and ion B.sup.m+ represents a metallic cation with a charge amount of m; S3: collecting liquid that flows out from the surface of the substance to be tested at the pre-set time interval; S4: determining an activity of ion B.sup.m+ in the flow-out liquid, and calculating an concentration of ion B.sup.m+; S5: using the concentration of ion B.sup.m+ to calculate an accumulated adsorption amount of ion B.sup.m+ according to the following equation:
8. The process of claim 7, wherein: step S4 further comprises the following steps: S41: having BX.sub.m electrolyte solution with a known concentration to flow through the surface of the substance to be tested, to have fusion replacement occurred between ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ on the surface of the substance to be tested: mSoil−A+nBX.sub.m=nSoil−B+mAX.sub.n; obtaining a solution having A.sup.n+, B.sup.m+ and X.sup.−, and calculating concentration of ion A.sup.n+ and concentration of ion B.sup.m+:
C.sub.X.sup.(1)=mnc.sub.B.sup.(1); S47: respectively calculating ion strength and activity coefficient of a second iteration as:
C.sub.X.sup.(2)=mnc.sub.B.sup.(2); S410: repeating iteration for n times according to the steps S41-S49, and calculating in accordance with the following equation:
9. The process of claim 7, further comprising the below steps following step S7: S8: calculating ion strength I of the mixed electrolyte flow liquid containing ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ according to the following equation:
I=½[(n+n.sup.2)f.sub.A0+(m+m.sup.2)f.sub.B0] wherein, f.sub.A0 is a solution concentration before ion A.sup.n+ flows into the surface of the substance to be tested, and f.sub.B0 is a solution concentration before ion B.sup.m+ flows into the surface of the substance to be tested; S9: substituting the ion strength of the flow liquid in Davies equation, to calculate ion A.sup.n+ activity coefficient γ.sub.A0 and ion B.sup.m+ activity coefficient γ.sub.B0; S10: respectively calculating activity of ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ according to the following equation:
a.sub.A.sup.0=f.sub.A0γ.sub.A0 a.sub.B.sup.0=f.sub.B0γ.sub.B0 wherein, γ.sub.A0 and γ.sub.B0 are respective activity coefficient of ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ in bulk solution when reaction reaches equilibrium; and, a.sub.A.sup.0 and a.sub.B.sup.0 are respective activity of ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ in bulk solution when reaction reaches equilibrium.
10. The process of claim 9, further comprising the below steps following step S10: S11: under a given pH condition, having a mixed electrolyte solution composed by AX.sub.n electrolyte solution with a known concentration f.sub.A0 and BX.sub.m electrolyte solution with a known concentration f.sub.B0 to flow through the surface of the substance to be tested, to have fusion replacement occurred between ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ on the surface of the substance to be tested, and collecting liquid that flows out from the surface of the substance to be tested at the pre-set time interval; S12: repeating steps S1 to S6; S13: using the accumulated adsorption amount N.sub.B(t.sub.i) of ion B.sup.m+, with y-coordinate as y=[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)]/(t.sub.i+1−t.sub.i) and corresponding x-coordinate as x=N.sub.B(t.sub.i)+0.5[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)], to draw a line image based on positions of x-coordinate and y-coordinate in a rectangular coordinate system, to obtain intercept p and gradient q of the line.
11. The process of claim 10, further comprising the below steps following step S13: S14: substituting the charge total amount obtained from step S7, the activity obtained from step S10, and the intercept p and gradient q of the line obtained from step S13 in the following equation to calculate the surface potential of the substance to be tested:
12. The process of claim 11, further comprising the below steps following step S14: S15: substituting the surface potential of the substance to be tested in the following equation to calculate the surface charge density of the substance to be tested:
13. The process of claim 12, further comprising the below steps following step S15: S16: substituting the surface charge density of the substance to be tested in the following equation to calculate the surface electric field intensity of the substance to be tested:
14. The process of claim 13, further comprising the below steps following step S16: S17: substituting the surface charge total amount and the surface charge density of the substance to be tested in the following equation to obtain the specific surface area of the sample:
15. The process of claim 14, further comprising the below steps following step S17: S18: outputting surface parameters of the substance to be tested, the surface parameters includes: surface potential of the substance to be tested, surface charge total amount of the substance to be tested, surface charge density of the substance to be tested, surface electric field intensity of the substance to be tested, and specific surface area of the substance to be tested.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
(1) To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clear, detailed description will be made to the present invention in combination with drawings, wherein:
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(5) In the drawings, 1—constant temperature chamber, 2—liquid container, 3—reactor, 4—constant flow pump, 5—collector for liquid to be tested, 6—container for liquid to be tested, 7—first control valve, 8—second control valve, 9—third control valve, 10—thermostat (controller for constant temperature), 11—automatic controller for valve, 12—negative pressure pump, 13—detecting electrode, 14—detection system, 15—waste liquid discharge outlet.
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(6) Preferred embodiments will be described in detail in combination with the accompanying drawings. It shall be understood that the preferred embodiments are for illustrative only, and not for limiting the protection scope of the present invention.
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(9) The surface property operation module comprises a surface charge total amount operator, a surface potential operator, a surface charge density operator, a surface electric field intensity operator, and a specific surface area operator. The kinetic data processor is connected with the surface charge total amount operator and the surface potential operator. The surface potential operator is connected with the surface charge density operator. The surface charge density operator is connected with the surface electric field intensity operator. The surface charge density operator and the surface charge total amount operator are connected with the specific surface area operator. The result output module is connected with the surface charge total amount operator, the surface potential operator, the surface charge density operator, the surface electric field intensity operator, and the specific surface area operator, respectively.
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(11) A.sup.n+ saturation is performed to the substance to be tested with AX.sub.n electrolyte solution having known concentration. The A.sup.n+ saturated substance to be tested then is disposed in the reactor. The constant flow pump is set to control the flowing liquid to flow at a desired velocity (e.g., 1 ml/min). Under a given pH condition, the electrolyte solution of another positive ion B.sup.m+ having known concentration of charge amount m evenly flows through the sample in the reactor at a pre-set flow velocity, where fusion replacement occurs between A.sup.n+ and B.sup.m+. When the first drop of liquid flows out the reactor outlet, the automatic controller for valve starts the clock (at this moment, the first control valve 7, the second control valve 8 and the third control valve 9 are in automatic close state). Based on the set interval (e.g., 5 minute), the first control valve 7, the third control valve 9 and the negative pressure pump simultaneously open/turn on, to transfer the collected liquid from the collector for liquid to be tested to the container for liquid to be tested. Then, the first control valve 7 and the third control valve 9 are closed. The activity of B.sup.m+ in the container for liquid to be tested is measured with a detector. Then, concentration of B.sup.m+ is calculated with the concentration and activity operator in the detector by using iterative operation. The obtained concentration is stored in the “kinetic data processor” in the detector. Then, the second control valve 8 and the negative pressure pump will open/turn on, to drain the solution in the liquid container. The system automatically repeat collection of liquid from the reactor outlet, so as to obtain and store concentration of B.sup.m+ in the collected liquid at each time interval (e.g., 5 minute). With concentration of B.sup.m+ in the collected liquid obtained at each time interval, accumulated adsorption amounts of B.sup.m+ at different time are calculated and stored in the kinetic data processor in the detector. By using the data of accumulated adsorption amounts obtained, data is automatically processed and stored in the kinetic data processor. All the operation results of individual operators in the detector are output, including the values of the surface potential of the substance to be tested, the surface charge total amount of the substance to be tested, the surface charge density of the substance to be tested, the surface electric field intensity of the substance to be tested, and the specific surface area of the substance to be tested.
(12) A kinetic method for determining surface property parameters of a substance is provided, comprising the steps of:
(13) S1: performing A.sup.n+ saturation to a surface of the substance to be tested with AX.sub.n electrolyte solution having known concentration;
(14) wherein, AX.sub.n electrolyte solution represents an electrolyte solution of metallic cation with a charge amount of n, and ion A.sup.n+ represents metallic cation with a charge amount of n;
(15) S2: having BX.sub.m electrolyte solution with known concentration to flow through the surface of the substance to be tested, to have fusion replacement occurred between A.sup.n+ and B.sup.m+ on the surface of the substance to be tested;
(16) wherein, BX.sub.m electrolyte solution represents an electrolyte solution of metallic cation with a charge amount of m, and ion B.sup.m+ represents metallic cation with a charge amount of m;
(17) S3: collecting liquid flowing out from the surface of the substance to be tested at a pre-set time interval;
(18) S4: determining activity of ion B.sup.m+ in the flow-out liquid, and calculating concentration of ion B.sup.m+ by using iterative operation;
(19) S5: calculating accumulated adsorption amount of ion B.sup.m+ with the concentration of ion B.sup.m+ according to the following iterative equation:
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(21) wherein, N.sub.B(t.sub.i) is the accumulated adsorption amount of ion B.sup.m+ by the sample upon reaction for t=t.sub.i minutes, with unit as mol/g; m is sample mass, with unit as g; V is the volume of solution collected within pre-set interval, with unit as liter, i.e., 1; f.sub.B0 is the solution concentration before ion B.sup.m+ flows into the sample, with unit as mol/l; f.sub.B(t.sub.i) is concentration of ion B.sup.m+ in the solution collected at ith time, with unit as mol/l; t.sub.0 is pre-set time interval, and t.sub.i is reaction time, with unit as min;
(22) S6: using the accumulated adsorption amount N.sub.B(t.sub.i) of ion B.sup.m+, with y-coordinate as y=[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)]/(t.sub.i+1−t.sub.i) and corresponding x-coordinate as x=N.sub.B(t.sub.i)+0.5[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)], to draw a line image based on positions of x-coordinate and y-coordinate in a rectangular coordinate system, to obtain intercept p.sub.0 and gradient q.sub.0 of the line;
(23) S7: calculating the surface charge total amount of the sample based on the intercept p.sub.0 and gradient q.sub.0 of the line according to the following equation:
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(25) wherein, SCN is the total amount of surface charge, with a unit as mol/g; and, m is valence of ion B.sup.+.
(26) S8: calculating ion strength of the mixed electrolyte flow liquid having ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ according to the following equation:
I=½[(n+n.sup.2)f.sub.A0+(m+m.sup.2)f.sub.B0] (3)
(27) wherein, f.sub.A0 is the solution concentration before ion A.sup.n+ flows into the surface of the substance to be tested, and, f.sub.B0 is the solution concentration before ion B.sup.m+ flows into the surface of the substance to be tested;
(28) S9: Substituting the ion strength of the flow liquid in Davies equation, to calculate ion A.sup.n+ activity coefficient γ.sub.A0 and ion B.sup.m+ activity coefficient γ.sub.B0;
(29) S10: calculating activity of ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ according to the following equation:
a.sub.A.sup.0=f.sub.0γ.sub.A0 a.sub.B.sup.0=f.sub.B0γ.sub.B0 (4)
(30) wherein, γ.sub.A0 and γ.sub.B0 are respective activity coefficient of ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ in bulk solution when reaction reaches equilibrium; and, a.sub.A.sup.0 and a.sub.B.sup.0 are respective activity of ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ in bulk solution when reaction reaches equilibrium.
(31) S11: under a given pH condition, having a mixed electrolyte solution of AX.sub.n electrolyte solution with a known concentration f.sub.A0 and BX.sub.m electrolyte solution with a known concentration f.sub.B0 to flow through the surface of the substance to be tested, to have fusion replacement occurred between ion A.sup.n+ and ion B.sup.m+ on the surface of the substance to be tested, and, collecting liquid flowing out from the surface of the substance to be tested at the pre-set time interval.
(32) S12: repeating the steps of S1-S6;
(33) S13: using the accumulated adsorption amount N.sub.B(t.sub.i) of ion B.sup.+, with y-coordinate as y=[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)]/(t.sub.i+1−t.sub.i) and corresponding x-coordinate as x=N.sub.B(t.sub.i)+0.5[N.sub.B(t.sub.i+1)−N.sub.B(t.sub.i)], to draw a line image based on positions of x-coordinate and y-coordinate in a rectangular coordinate system, to obtain intercept p and gradient q of the line.
(34) S14: substituting the charge total amount obtained from step S7, the activity obtained from step S10, and the intercept p and gradient q of the line obtained from step S13 in the following equation, to calculate electric potential on the surface of the substance to be tested:
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(36) wherein, φ.sub.0 is the surface electric potential of the substance to be tested, β.sub.B and β.sub.A are effective charge coefficients of ion B.sup.m+ and ion A.sup.n+, F represents Faraday constant, R represents gas constant, and T represents temperature.
(37) S15: substituting the surface electric potential of the substance to be tested in the following equation to calculate surface charge density of the substance to be tested:
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wherein, σ.sub.0 is surface charge density (mol/dm.sup.2), s is medium dielectric constant, in which water has ∈=8.9×10.sup.−10 C.sup.2/J.Math.dm.
(39) S16: substituting the surface charge density of the substance to be tested in the following equation to calculate surface electric field intensity of the substance to be tested:
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(41) wherein, E.sub.0 represents the surface electric field intensity (V/dm) of the substance to be tested;
(42) S17: substituting the surface charge total amount and the surface charge density of the substance to be tested in the following equation, to obtain specific surface area of the sample:
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(44) wherein, S represents specific surface area (dm.sup.2/g) of the substance to be tested.
(45) S18: outputting the value of the surface potential of the substance to be tested, the surface charge total amount of the substance to be tested, the surface charge density of the substance to be tested, the surface electric field intensity of the substance to be tested, and the specific surface area of the substance to be tested.
(46) The above embodiments are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and shall not be used to limit the present invention. Apparently, people skilled in the art can modify the present invention, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. As such, if such modifications fall in the scope of the appended claims and/or equivalent thereto, they are intended to be included in the present invention.