The application of electrokinetic zeta potential for determining electrostatic properties of dielectric liquid mixtures.

The paper presents research results of electrokinetic zeta potential that exists in the electrical double layer on the border of the solid and liquid phases. For zeta potential examination, samples in the colloid form were used, the continuous (dispersing) phase of which was constituted by dielectric liquid mixtures formed on the base of simple hydrocarbons (hexane, cyclohexane, toluene), and the solid (dispersed) phase was constituted by materials in a disintegrated form (aluminum, copper, steatite, Al-70). The measurements were taken with Zetasizer 2000 - by Malvern Instruments (UK). Volume density of charge qw on the border of the solid and liquid phases, responsible for generation of electrostatic charges, was determined based on the measured zeta potential and physicochemical properties of the liquids under study.