Attraction between silica and a polymeric antiscalant (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Attraction between silica and a polymeric antiscalant

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This illustration shows the attraction between silica (orange diamonds), or silicic acid, and a polymeric antiscalant. The chemical interactions, which involve so-called charge-assisted hydrogen bonding, inhibit silica scaling.

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Masashi Kaneda/Yale University

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