DLVO THEORY - Application to Silica Particles in Aqueous Solution

In te r a c ti o n E n e r g y / k T
Permittivity Water C/V.m 7.1E-10
Boltzman's ConstantJ/molec 1.4E-23
Electron Charge Coulom 1.6E-19
Avogadros Number molec/ 6.0E+23
Faraday Constant C/mol 9.6E+04 Silica in Water; z = 1; c = 3
r = 100 nm; ψ = - 40 mV
Medium H Const J 6.0E-20 50
Colloid H Const J 5.0E-19 40
30
Hammakar Const J 2.1E-19 20
10
0
-100 10 20 30 40 50
Temperature K 300 -20
Val Counter-ion 1 -30
-40
Conc of Elec mM 1 -50
Distance in nm
Kappa, κ 1.03E+08
Colloid 1 Colloid 2
Radius nm 100 100
Potential mV -40 -40

Dist, nm ES Rep X VW Att DLVO ES Rep

0.4 6.2E-19 0.002 -4.3E-18 -3.6E-18 149.90
0.6 6.1E-19 0.003 -2.8E-18 -2.2E-18 146.85
0.8 6.0E-19 0.004 -2.1E-18 -1.5E-18 143.87
1 5.8E-19 0.005 -1.6E-18 -1.0E-18 140.94
1.2 5.7E-19 0.006 -1.3E-18 -7.7E-19 138.08
1.4 5.6E-19 0.007 -1.1E-18 -5.7E-19 135.27
1.6 5.5E-19 0.008 -9.8E-19 -4.3E-19 132.52
1.8 5.4E-19 0.009 -8.6E-19 -3.2E-19 129.83
2 5.3E-19 0.01 -7.6E-19 -2.4E-19 127.19
2.2 5.2E-19 0.011 -6.9E-19 -1.7E-19 124.60
2.4 5.1E-19 0.012 -6.2E-19 -1.2E-19 122.07
2.6 5.0E-19 0.013 -5.7E-19 -7.2E-20 119.59
2.8 4.9E-19 0.014 -5.2E-19 -3.6E-20 117.16
3 4.8E-19 0.015 -4.8E-19 -5.4E-21 114.78
3.2 4.7E-19 0.016 -4.5E-19 2.0E-20 112.44
3.4 4.6E-19 0.017 -4.2E-19 4.1E-20 110.16
3.6 4.5E-19 0.018 -3.9E-19 5.9E-20 107.92
3.8 4.4E-19 0.019 -3.6E-19 7.4E-20 105.73
4 4.3E-19 0.02 -3.4E-19 8.7E-20 103.58
4.2 4.2E-19 0.021 -3.2E-19 9.8E-20 101.47
4.4 4.1E-19 0.022 -3.0E-19 1.1E-19 99.41
4.6 4.0E-19 0.023 -2.9E-19 1.1E-19 97.39
4.8 3.9E-19 0.024 -2.7E-19 1.2E-19 95.41
5 3.9E-19 0.025 -2.6E-19 1.3E-19 93.47
5.2 3.8E-19 0.026 -2.5E-19 1.3E-19 91.57
5.4 3.7E-19 0.027 -2.4E-19 1.3E-19 89.71
5.6 3.6E-19 0.028 -2.3E-19 1.4E-19 87.89
5.8 3.6E-19 0.029 -2.2E-19 1.4E-19 86.10
6 3.5E-19 0.03 -2.1E-19 1.4E-19 84.35
6.2 3.4E-19 0.031 -2.0E-19 1.4E-19 82.63
6.4 3.4E-19 0.032 -1.9E-19 1.4E-19 80.95
6.6 3.3E-19 0.033 -1.8E-19 1.4E-19 79.31
6.8 3.2E-19 0.034 -1.8E-19 1.5E-19 77.70
7 3.2E-19 0.035 -1.7E-19 1.5E-19 76.12
7.2 3.1E-19 0.036 -1.6E-19 1.4E-19 74.57
7.4 3.0E-19 0.037 -1.6E-19 1.4E-19 73.06
7.6 3.0E-19 0.038 -1.5E-19 1.4E-19 71.57
7.8 2.9E-19 0.039 -1.5E-19 1.4E-19 70.12
8 2.8E-19 0.04 -1.4E-19 1.4E-19 68.69
8.2 2.8E-19 0.041 -1.4E-19 1.4E-19 67.29
8.4 2.7E-19 0.042 -1.3E-19 1.4E-19 65.93
8.6 2.7E-19 0.043 -1.3E-19 1.4E-19 64.59
8.8 2.6E-19 0.044 -1.3E-19 1.4E-19 63.27
9 2.6E-19 0.045 -1.2E-19 1.3E-19 61.99
9.2 2.5E-19 0.046 -1.2E-19 1.3E-19 60.73
9.4 2.5E-19 0.047 -1.1E-19 1.3E-19 59.49
9.6 2.4E-19 0.048 -1.1E-19 1.3E-19 58.28
9.8 2.4E-19 0.049 -1.1E-19 1.3E-19 57.10
10 2.3E-19 0.05 -1.1E-19 1.3E-19 55.94
11 2.1E-19 0.055 -9.2E-20 1.2E-19 50.48
12 1.9E-19 0.06 -8.1E-20 1.1E-19 45.55
13 1.7E-19 0.065 -7.2E-20 9.8E-20 41.11
14 1.5E-19 0.07 -6.5E-20 8.9E-20 37.10
15 1.4E-19 0.075 -5.8E-20 8.0E-20 33.48
16 1.3E-19 0.08 -5.3E-20 7.2E-20 30.21
17 1.1E-19 0.085 -4.8E-20 6.5E-20 27.26
18 1.0E-19 0.09 -4.4E-20 5.8E-20 24.60
19 9.2E-20 0.095 -4.0E-20 5.2E-20 22.20
20 8.3E-20 0.1 -3.7E-20 4.6E-20 20.04
21 7.5E-20 0.105 -3.4E-20 4.1E-20 18.08
22 6.8E-20 0.11 -3.2E-20 3.6E-20 16.32
23 6.1E-20 0.115 -2.9E-20 3.2E-20 14.72
24 5.5E-20 0.12 -2.7E-20 2.8E-20 13.29
25 5.0E-20 0.125 -2.5E-20 2.4E-20 11.99
26 4.5E-20 0.13 -2.4E-20 2.1E-20 10.82
27 4.0E-20 0.135 -2.2E-20 1.8E-20 9.76
28 3.6E-20 0.14 -2.1E-20 1.6E-20 8.81
29 3.3E-20 0.145 -2.0E-20 1.3E-20 7.95
30 3.0E-20 0.15 -1.8E-20 1.1E-20 7.18
31 2.7E-20 0.155 -1.7E-20 9.5E-21 6.48
32 2.4E-20 0.16 -1.6E-20 7.9E-21 5.84
33 2.2E-20 0.165 -1.5E-20 6.4E-21 5.27
34 2.0E-20 0.17 -1.5E-20 5.1E-21 4.76
35 1.8E-20 0.175 -1.4E-20 4.0E-21 4.29
36 1.6E-20 0.18 -1.3E-20 3.0E-21 3.88
37 1.4E-20 0.185 -1.2E-20 2.1E-21 3.50
38 1.3E-20 0.19 -1.2E-20 1.3E-21 3.16
39 1.2E-20 0.195 -1.1E-20 6.3E-22 2.85
40 1.1E-20 0.2 -1.1E-20 3.4E-23 2.57
41 9.6E-21 0.205 -1.0E-20 -4.9E-22 2.32
42 8.7E-21 0.21 -9.6E-21 -9.5E-22 2.09
43 7.8E-21 0.215 -9.2E-21 -1.3E-21 1.89
44 7.1E-21 0.22 -8.7E-21 -1.7E-21 1.70
45 6.4E-21 0.225 -8.3E-21 -2.0E-21 1.54
46 5.7E-21 0.23 -8.0E-21 -2.2E-21 1.39
47 5.2E-21 0.235 -7.6E-21 -2.4E-21 1.25
48 4.7E-21 0.24 -7.3E-21 -2.6E-21 1.13
49 4.2E-21 0.245 -7.0E-21 -2.7E-21 1.02
50 3.8E-21 0.25 -6.7E-21 -2.9E-21 0.92
51 3.4E-21 0.255 -6.4E-21 -2.9E-21 0.83
52 3.1E-21 0.26 -6.1E-21 -3.0E-21 0.75
53 2.8E-21 0.265 -5.9E-21 -3.1E-21 0.68
54 2.5E-21 0.27 -5.6E-21 -3.1E-21 0.61
55 2.3E-21 0.275 -5.4E-21 -3.1E-21 0.55
56 2.1E-21 0.28 -5.2E-21 -3.1E-21 0.50
57 1.9E-21 0.285 -5.0E-21 -3.1E-21 0.45
58 1.7E-21 0.29 -4.8E-21 -3.1E-21 0.40
 59 1.5E-21 0.295 -4.6E-21 -3.1E-21 0.37
60 1.4E-21 0.3 -4.4E-21 -3.1E-21 0.33
65 8.2E-22 0.325 -3.7E-21 -2.9E-21 0.20
70 4.9E-22 0.35 -3.1E-21 -2.6E-21 0.12
75 2.9E-22 0.375 -2.6E-21 -2.3E-21 0.07
80 1.8E-22 0.4 -2.2E-21 -2.0E-21 0.04
85 1.0E-22 0.425 -1.9E-21 -1.8E-21 0.03
90 6.3E-23 0.45 -1.6E-21 -1.6E-21 0.02
95 3.8E-23 0.475 -1.4E-21 -1.4E-21 0.01
100 2.2E-23 0.5 -1.2E-21 -1.2E-21 0.01
105 1.3E-23 0.525 -1.1E-21 -1.1E-21 0.00
 ous Solution

In t e ra c ti o n E n e r g y / k T
Water; z = 1; c = 3 mM;
m; ψ = - 40 mV Silica in Water; z = 1; c = 3 mM; r = 100
nm; ψ = - 40 mV
ES Rep 40
vdW 30 ES
Att 20 Rep
Total 10 vdW
20 30 40 50 60
0 Att
-101 10 100
-20 Tota
-30 l
-40
Distance in nm Distance in nm
In te ra c ti o n E n e rg y / k T

vdW Att Total

### -880.64
-675.72 -528.87
Silica in Water; z = 1; c = 1 mM; r = 100 nm; ψ
-499.04 -355.17 ~ - 40 mV
50
-393.45 -252.51
-323.35 -185.27 30

-273.47 -138.20 10

-236.21 -103.69 -100 10 20 30 40 50 60

-207.34 -77.52 -30

-184.34 -57.16 -50
Distance in nm
-165.60 -41.00
In te ra c ti o n E n e rg y / k T

-150.04 -27.97
-136.93 -17.34
-125.74 -8.58
-116.07 -1.30
-107.65 4.79
-100.25 9.91
Silica in Water; z = 1; c = 1 mM; r = 100 nm; ψ
-93.70 14.22 ~ - 40 mV
50
-87.85 17.87
30
-82.62 20.96
10
-100 10 20 30 40 50 60

-30
 Silica in Water; z = 1; c = 1 mM; r = 100 nm; ψ

I
~ - 40 mV
50
30
10
-77.90 23.57
-73.63 25.78 -100 10 20 30 40 50 60

-69.74 27.65 -30

-66.19 29.22 -50

Distance in nm
-62.94 30.53
-59.95 31.62
-57.19 32.52
-54.64 33.24
-52.28 33.82
-50.08 34.27
-48.03 34.61
-46.11 34.84
-44.32 34.99
-42.64 35.05
-41.07 35.05
-39.58 34.99
-38.19 34.87
-36.87 34.70
-35.62 34.50
-34.44 34.25
-33.32 33.97
-32.26 33.66
-31.25 33.33
-30.30 32.98
-29.39 32.60
-28.52 32.21
-27.69 31.81
-26.90 31.39
-26.14 30.96
-25.42 30.52
-22.23 28.25
-19.63 25.92
-17.47 23.64
-15.65 21.45
-14.11 19.37
-12.78 17.43
-11.63 15.63
-10.63 13.98
-9.75 12.46
-8.97 11.07
-8.28 9.80
-7.66 8.66
-7.11 7.62
-6.61 6.68
-6.16 5.83
-5.75 5.07
-5.38 4.39
-5.04 3.77
-4.73 3.22
-4.45 2.73
-4.19 2.29
-3.95 1.90
-3.73 1.55
-3.52 1.24
-3.33 0.96
-3.15 0.72
-2.99 0.51
-2.84 0.32
-2.70 0.15
-2.56 0.01
-2.44 -0.12
-2.32 -0.23
-2.21 -0.32
-2.11 -0.41
-2.01 -0.48
-1.92 -0.53
-1.84 -0.59
-1.76 -0.63
-1.68 -0.66
-1.61 -0.69
-1.54 -0.71
-1.48 -0.73
-1.42 -0.74
-1.36 -0.75
-1.31 -0.76
-1.25 -0.76
-1.21 -0.76
-1.16 -0.75
-1.11 -0.75
-1.07 -0.74
-0.89 -0.69
-0.74 -0.63
-0.63 -0.56
-0.53 -0.49
-0.46 -0.43
-0.39 -0.38
-0.34 -0.33
-0.30 -0.29
-0.26 -0.26
; r = 100

ES
Rep
vdW
0 Att
Tota
l

mM; r = 100 nm; ψ

0 50 60

mM; r = 100 nm; ψ

0 50 60
mM; r = 100 nm; ψ

0 50 60