Fate of coagulant species and conformational effects during the aggregation of a model of a humic substance with Al13 polycations.
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Date publication
juin 2006
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Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr FROCHOT Céline
Tous les auteurs :
Kazpard V, Lartiges BS, Frochot C, d'Espinose de la Caillerie JB, Viriot ML, Portal JM, Gorner T, Bersillon JL
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Résumé
A model of a humic substance (MHS) obtained from auto-oxidation of catechol and glycine, was aggregated at pH 6 and 8 with Al(13) polycations. The fate of Al(13) coagulant species upon association with MHS functional groups was studied using solid state (27)Al Magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR and CP-MAS (13)C NMR. Electrophoretic measurements and steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy with pyrene as a fluoroprobe, were combined to investigate structural re-organization of humic material with aluminum concentration. MAS (27)Al NMR revealed that the coagulant species are Al(13) polycations or oligomers of Al(13) units at both pHs. CP MAS (13)C spectra indicated that, at low Al concentration, hydrolyzed aluminum species bind selectively to carboxylic groups at pH 6 and to phenolic moieties at pH 8. At higher coagulant concentrations, the remaining functional groups also interact with hydrolyzed Al to yield similar CP MAS (13)C spectra in the optimum concentration range. Negative values of electrophoretic mobility were obtained at optimum coagulant concentrations even though an overall charge balance was achieved between MHS anionic charge and Al(13) cationic charge at pH 6. The polarity-sensitive fluorescence of pyrene revealed that the interaction of Al(13) coagulant species with MHS functional groups induces the formation of intramolecular hydrophobic microenvironments. Such structural changes were reversed upon further addition of Al(13) polycations.
Référence
Water Res. 2006 Jun;40(10):1965-74