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<journal-id>1665-6423</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Journal of applied research and technology]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[J. appl. res. technol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-6423</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas y Tecnología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1665-64232024000100156</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/icat.24486736e.2024.22.1.2112</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Effect of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide on flocculation and filtration of bentonite suspensions]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Nakamura]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Murakami]]></surname>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Akita University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Akita ]]></addr-line>
<country>Japan</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sanwa Tekki Corporation  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tokyo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Japan</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<volume>22</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>156</fpage>
<lpage>166</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-64232024000100156&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-64232024000100156&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-64232024000100156&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Separation of bentonite from wastewater is challenging because bentonite is highly dispersible in water. Using cationic polymer flocculants has a high flocculation effect on bentonite. However, the relationship between flocculation and filtration mechanism of bentonite and adsorption of flocculant mechanism is unclear. In this study, flocculation, filtration, and adsorption behavior to bentonite are investigated using cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) as cationic flocculant. The flocculation effect increases, and the filtration time is reduced with increasing CTAB concentration. When more than 1500 ppm of CTAB is used, the filtration time is reduced to 2-3 min. Bentonite forms secondary flocculates after the formation of primary flocculates with increasing CTAB concentration. Additionally, the adsorption behavior reveals that CTAB is inserted between the layers, and it is excessively adsorbed on the bentonite surface. The increase CTAB concentration was effective in improving the shortening of the filtration time owing to the formation of large bentonite flocculates.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Cationic flocculant]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[adsorption]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[CTAB-be ntonite]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[flocculation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[filtration mechanism]]></kwd>
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