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b ) A coating consists of consisting of 5 5 vol % T i O 2 ( spherical , surface - treated pigment particles )

b) A coating consists of consisting of 55vol%TiO2(spherical, surface-treated pigment particles),32vol% emulsion, and 13vol% water (containing some dissolved compounds). The oil content of the emulsion is 50vol.%. The oil droplet and TiO2 particle diameters are 1.2 and 0.3m, respectively. The temperature is 25C and the viscosity of the medium (thickened aqueous phase) is 1kgm-1s-1. The Hamaker constants of the oil and of TiO2 in vacuum are 510-20 and 1510-20J, respectively. The Hamaker constant of the aqueous medium in vacuum is 3.7510-20J. The medium concentration of salt, NH4OH(applied to control pH to basic conditions), in the coating formulation is 10-5M. The relative permittivity of the medium is 80. The medium is water with a salt, salt) at 10-5M and K-1 is calculated using the formula -1=0.304?2C.
i) Calculate the attractive Van der Waals interaction energy between two orl droplets, between two TiO2 particles, and between an oil droplet and a TiO2 particle in the coating when the distance between the colloids (in all cases) is 15nm. Comment on the result.
ii) It has been decided to stabilize both pigments and oil droplets electrostatically. The surface potential for both colloids is -50mV. Calculate the electrostatic and composite (overall) interaction energies between an oil droplet and a TiO2 particle in the coating when the distance between them is 10nm. Based on these calculations, what can you conclude more generally about the interaction of oil droplets and TiO2 particles in the coating?
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