Profiling Suspensions in Natural Water by a Simplified Dynamic Light Scattering Procedure and Sedimentation

Dan Chicea; Liana-Maria Chicea

doi:10.1515/trser-2015-0059

Abstract

A coherent light scattering experiment was carried out. The samples were aqueous natural water suspensions picked from the same river. While sedimentation occurred in the samples, they were subjected to a dynamic light scattering (DLS) experiment and the time series was recorded at certain time intervals. For each recording, a program written for this purpose, performing at least square minimisation, computed the average diameter of the particles in suspension. The variation of the average diameter in time indicates the dominant type of suspensions in water.

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Profiling Suspensions in Natural Water by a Simplified Dynamic Light Scattering Procedure and Sedimentation

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