Stability and Free Radical Production for CO2 and H2 in Air Nanobubbles in Ethanol Aqueous SolutionShow others and affiliations
2022 (English)In: Nanomaterials, E-ISSN 2079-4991, Vol. 12, no 2, article id 237Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In this study, 8% hydrogen (H2) in argon (Ar) and carbon dioxide (CO2) gas nanobubbles was produced at 10, 30, and 50 vol.% of ethanol aqueous solution by the high-speed agitation method with gas. They became stable for a long period (for instance, 20 days), having a high negative zeta potential (−40 to −50 mV) at alkaline near pH 9, especially for 10 vol.% of ethanol aqueous solution. The extended Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, and Overbeek (DLVO) theory was used to evaluate the nanobubble stability. When the nanobubble in ethanol alkaline aqueous solution changed to an acidic pH of around 5, the zeta potential of nanobubbles was almost zero and the decrease in the number of nanobubbles was identified by the particle trajectory method (Nano site). The collapsed nanobubbles at zero charge were detected thanks to the presence of few free radicals using G-CYPMPO spin trap reagent in electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The free radicals produced were superoxide anions at collapsed 8%H2 in Ar nanobubbles and hydroxyl radicals at collapsed CO2 nanobubbles. On the other hand, the collapse of mixed CO2 and H2 in Ar nanobubble showed no free radicals. The possible presence of long-term stable nanobubbles and the absence of free radicals for mixed H2 and CO2 nanobubble would be useful to understand the beverage quality.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2022. Vol. 12, no 2, article id 237
Keywords [en]
nanobubble stability, free radical, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, ethanol aqueous solution, extended DLVO theory
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Research subject
Waste Science and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-88959DOI: 10.3390/nano12020237ISI: 000746838200001PubMedID: 35055254Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85122677717OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-88959DiVA, id: diva2:1632993
Note
Validerad;2022;Nivå 2;2022-01-28 (johcin);
Funder:Natural Science Foundation of China (21976039)
2022-01-282022-01-282022-04-26Bibliographically approved