Time dependence of forces between mica surfaces in water and its relation to the release of surface ions

Uri Raviv, Pierre Laurat, Jacob Klein*

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Abstract

An investigation of the time-dependent behavior of the normal forces between two smooth mica surfaces immersed in salt-free water was presented, using a surface force balance (SFB). An equilibrium surface-charge density σ = σ0 was indicated by a long-ranged repulsion on initial approach to adhesive contact. The results showed that subsequent force measurements at times τ following separation of the surfaces revealed drop in σ, followed by contact and separation, but then relaxed back to σ0 with a characteristic time τr = 11 ± 2 minutes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5167-5172
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume116
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Mar 2002
Externally publishedYes

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