Experiments and Simulations of Favorable and Unfavorable Colloid Attachment (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Experiments and Simulations of Favorable and Unfavorable Colloid Attachment

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This video shows experiments (left) and simulations (right) of colloid attachment to a sediment grain under favorable (top) and unfavorable (bottom) attachment conditions. The experimental videos show polystyrene latex spheres the size of E. coli bacteria flowing past glass beads half a millimeter in diameter.

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William Johnson/University of Utah

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