Functional group | Scale inhibition performance | Biodegradable |
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—COOH | Hydrophilic groups, improve the anti-scale of CaCO3 and CaSO4, can convert amorphously deposited Zn(OH)2 into Zn2+, and improve the zinc stabilization ability[9] | Easy to biodegrade | —SO3H | Strong polar hydrophilic group, improve the anti-scale of Ca3(PO4)2 and CaCO3, improve the dispersion performance of Fe2O3, have threshold effect, can reduce the amount of scale inhibitor | Hard to biodegrade | —OH | Hydrophobic group, improve the anti-scale of Ca3(PO4)2 and CaCO3, can convert amorphously deposited Zn(OH)2 into Zn2+ | Easy to biodegrade | —NH2, —CONH2 | Polar hydrophilic groups, improve the anti-scale of CaCO3, and increase the dispersion ability of Fe2O3[10], and turning calcite into thermodynamically unstable vaterite | Easy to biodegrade, do not promote microbial growth in water | —PO3H2 | Hydrophilic groups, improve the anti-scale of CaCO3[11] | Hard to biodegrade | —CHO | Carbonyl group could participate the Mannich reaction due to its active chemical property, and the carbonyl group containing the lone pair of electrons can be chelated with metal ions | Easy to biodegrade |
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