In order to investigate the characteristics of pure Nano-Al_(13) ,Nano-Al_(13) was separated and purified from a series of poly-aluminum chloride(PAC)solutions which had the same Al_(13) percentage but different total Al concentrations,by using column chromatography,ethanol-acetone resolving and SO_(4)^(2−)/Ba^(2+)displacement.The Al_(13) species yield was characterized by Al-ferron timed complexation spectropho-tometry and 27Al-NMR(nuclear magnetic resonance).The coagulation efficiency of Nano-Al_(13) ,PAC and AlCl_(3) in synthetic water was also investigated by Jar tests.The dynamic process and aggregation state of kaolin suspensions coagulating with Nano-Al_(13) ,PAC and AlC_(13) were similarly investigated using a photometric dispersion analyzer 2000(PDA2000).The experimental results indicated that the ethanol-acetone resolving method was simple and could separate the PAC solution at different concentrations,while column chromatography could separate PAC solutions at low concentrations.The SO_(4)^(2−)/Ba^(2+)displacement method could separate PAC solutions at high concentrations.However,extra inorganic cation and anion could be added in the solution during separation.The coagulation efficiency and dynamic experimental results showed that Nano-Al_(13) with high positive-charged species was effective in removing turbidity and color.The dynamic process results showed that Nano-Al_(13) also had the best recovery capability after shearing compared with PAC and AlCl3 because the Nano-Al_(13) conformation is more effective in charge neutralization.
