Fluorescent‐tagged no phosphate and nitrogen free calcium phosphate scale inhibitor for cooling water systems

Abstract

Abstract Allyloxy polyethoxy ether (APEO) and chloracetic acid were used to prepare allyloxy polyethoxy carboxylate (APEC). 8‐hydroxy‐1,3,6‐pyrenetrisulfonic acid trisodium salt was reacted with allyl chloride to produce fluorescent monomer 8‐allyloxy‐1,3,6‐pyrene trisulfonic acid trisodium salt (AP). APEC and AP were copolymerized with maleic anhydride (MA) to synthesize AP tagged no phosphate and nitrogen free calcium phosphate inhibitor MA‐APEC‐AP. Structures of AP, APEO, APEC, and MA‐APEC‐AP were carried out by FTIR and 1 H‐NMR. Different MA : APEC mole ratios were employed for the manufacture of MA‐APEC‐AP to study the effect of mole ratio on performance of MA‐APEC‐AP. Relationship between MA‐APEC‐AP's fluorescent intensity and its dosage was studied. MA‐APEC‐AP's calcium phosphate inhibition was compared with the down to date calcium phosphate inhibitor (MA)‐ammonium allylpolyethoxy sulphate (APES). The results indicate that capability of MA‐APEC‐AP is heavily depended on the mole ratio of MA : APEC. Correlation coefficient r of MA‐APEC‐AP's fluorescent intensity and its dosage is 0.9983, and detection limit of MA‐APEC‐AP is 2.03 mg L −1 . MA‐APEC‐AP can be used to accurately measure polymer consumption on line besides providing excellent calcium phosphate inhibition. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2009