ANIONIC POLYELECTROLYTE Specification
| Storage | Room Temperature |
| Solubility | In Water |
| Shelf Life | 1 Years |
| Physical Form | Powder |
| Grade | Industrial Grade |
| Purity (%) | 99% |
| Application | Irrigation Water Treatment |
| Minimum Order Quantity | 100 Kilograms |
| Supply Ability | 1000 Kilograms Per Month |
| Delivery Time | Days |
| Main Domestic Market | All India |
Anionic Polyelectrolyte is a high-purity industrial-grade powder product with 99% purity, suitable for various applications. This water-soluble product showcases excellent efficiency in aqueous solutions, making it ideal for industries requiring high performance in chemical treatments or processes. It is formulated to maintain its quality when stored at room temperature, ensuring easy handling and prolonged usability. With a shelf life of up to one year, this anionic polyelectrolyte is designed for long-term effectiveness and reliability. The powder form ensures accurate measurement and easy integration into various industrial processes, delivering consistent results for suppliers and traders seeking high-quality chemical solutions.
Anionic polyelectrolyte is a water-soluble polymer powder with a negative charge, and it’s one of the most widely used flocculants in wastewater and effluent treatment. Aries Chemical manufactures and supplies it in 99% purity, industrial grade, as a free-flowing powder that dissolves in water and helps suspended particles clump together so they settle or filter out faster.
If your effluent treatment plant is dealing with cloudy discharge, slow settling in the clarifier, or too much sludge volume, an anionic grade is usually the first thing a treatment consultant reaches for before moving on to specialty polymers. See our broader Poly Electrolyte page if you’re still working out which charge type your process needs. We supply anionic polyelectrolyte in bulk across India from our facility in Vadodara, Gujarat, and our technical team works with buyers to match the right grade and dose to their specific wastewater rather than selling a one-size-fits-all product.
The way anionic polyelectrolyte works comes down to charge and molecular size. Most suspended particles in wastewater are negatively charged themselves, which is exactly why they stay suspended — they repel each other instead of clumping. Adding a coagulant like alum or ferric chloride first neutralizes some of that charge and creates tiny, unstable flocs called micro-flocs.
That’s where the anionic polyelectrolyte comes in. Its long polymer chains stretch out in solution and physically bridge across multiple micro-flocs at once, pulling them together into larger, denser flocs. Bigger flocs settle faster and hold together better under the shear of a clarifier or filter, which is the whole point. Get the dose or the mixing energy wrong and the flocs break apart again, so this step matters more than it looks on paper.
Industrial wastewater clarification. Most ETPs use anionic polyelectrolyte after primary coagulation to speed up settling in the clarifier and reduce the amount of coagulant needed.
Sludge thickening. In gravity thickeners, the polymer concentrates sludge solids before it goes to a filter press or centrifuge, which cuts down the volume you’re pumping and dewatering downstream.
Mining and mineral processing. Tailings water and process water carry a heavy suspended solids load, and anionic grades are a standard tool for settling out fines in thickeners and tailings ponds.
Paper and pulp. Anionic polyelectrolyte is used in effluent clarification and, depending on the mill, in some stock preparation stages where fines retention matters.
Textile wastewater. Dye houses generate wastewater carrying a lot of suspended and colour-bearing particles, and anionic polymers help clarify it before further treatment or discharge.
Irrigation water treatment. Where irrigation water carries silt or fine suspended solids, anionic polyelectrolyte helps clarify it before it reaches drip or sprinkler systems that clog easily.
If clarified water is headed onward to an RO system, it’s also worth checking our RO Plant Chemicals range for antiscalant and membrane cleaning products further down that treatment train.
A quick comparison to help you narrow down which type to test first:
Parameter | Anionic | Cationic |
Polymer charge | Negative | Positive |
Typical role | Clarification and flocculation of ETP effluent | Sludge conditioning and dewatering |
Works best with | Wastewater with positively charged or coagulant-neutralised particles | Organic sludge with negative surface charge |
How to confirm the right choice | Jar testing | Jar testing |
If you’re not sure which charge type your wastewater needs, jar testing with both is the only reliable way to find out — we’re happy to walk you through it.
Before we recommend a molecular weight or charge density, we usually ask about:
No single anionic grade performs the same way across every wastewater stream. Two plants in the same industry can need different molecular weights depending on their specific effluent chemistry, so we recommend a jar test on your actual wastewater before committing to bulk dosing rates.
Preparation matters as much as the polymer itself. Anionic polyelectrolyte powder needs to be added gradually into water under gentle agitation, not dumped in all at once, or it clumps into gel-like lumps that never fully dissolve. Give it time to hydrate fully — usually 30 to 60 minutes depending on your mixing setup — before dosing it into the process stream.
Once flocs have formed, avoid high-shear mixing or pumping that breaks them apart. Gentle, controlled agitation from the dosing point through to the clarifier gives better floc strength and a cleaner supernatant.
We don’t publish a blanket dosage figure on this page, because dosage genuinely varies by wastewater type, suspended solids load, and the coagulant used upstream. The right number for your plant comes out of a jar test, and our technical team can help you run one.
Rather than taking anyone’s word that a polymer is working, watch for these on your own line:
If any of these get worse after a dosing change, it usually points to the dose, dilution, or mixing energy needing adjustment rather than the polymer being wrong for the job.
Keep the existing table. One flag before republishing: the current “Application” field only lists Irrigation Water Treatment, which undersells how the product is actually used — most of the demand for this grade comes from ETP and industrial wastewater clarification, not irrigation. Worth broadening this field or confirming with the technical team which application Aries wants to lead with.
Specification | Value |
Physical Form | Powder |
Purity (%) | 99% |
Solubility | In Water |
Grade | Industrial Grade |
Storage | Room Temperature |
Shelf Life | 1 Year |
Application | Verify with technical team — currently listed as Irrigation Water Treatment only |
MOQ | 100 Kilograms |
Supply Ability | 1000 Kilograms per Month |
Store anionic polyelectrolyte in its original packaging in a dry area at room temperature, away from direct moisture and sunlight. Once a bag is opened, reseal it tightly the powder absorbs moisture from the air, and that shortens its usable shelf life. Standard PPE (gloves, dust mask, eye protection) is recommended during dosing preparation, since the fine powder can be a minor respiratory and eye irritant like most polymer powders.
We supply anionic polyelectrolyte to effluent treatment plants across textile processing, chemical manufacturing, paper and pulp, mining and mineral processing, and general industrial ETPs, alongside irrigation water clarification. For the full range of chemistries we offer beyond this product, see our Polymers and Water Treatment Chemical pages.
Aries Chemical is an ISO 9001:2015 certified water treatment and specialty chemicals manufacturer based in Vadodara, Gujarat, supplying across India. We manufacture and supply anionic polyelectrolyte in bulk with consistent quality between batches, and our technical team is available to help you select a grade and run jar tests rather than just take an order. Read more about our certifications and manufacturing capability on our About Us page.
If you’d like a grade recommendation instead of guessing, send our technical team these details:
Anionic Polyelectrolyte is provided in powder form.
Yes, Anionic Polyelectrolyte is fully soluble in water.
The product should be stored at room temperature to maintain its quality.
Anionic Polyelectrolyte has a shelf life of one year.
This product is of industrial grade, ideal for various industrial applications.
It’s used mainly as a flocculant in wastewater and effluent treatment, helping suspended and colloidal particles clump into larger flocs that settle or filter out faster.
After a coagulant neutralises some particle charge, the polymer’s long chains bridge across the resulting micro-flocs and pull them into larger, denser flocs that settle out of the water.
In ETPs across textile, chemical, mining, and paper and pulp industries, as well as in sludge thickening and irrigation water clarification.
Share your wastewater’s pH, suspended solids level, coagulant in use, and treatment goal with our technical team, and we’ll recommend a starting grade to jar test.
Yes. In most cases a coagulant is added first to neutralise particle charge, and anionic polyelectrolyte is dosed afterward to bridge the resulting micro-flocs.
Add the powder gradually into water under gentle agitation and let it hydrate fully, typically 30 to 60 minutes, before dosing.
Through jar testing on the actual wastewater. Dosage varies by suspended solids load, wastewater chemistry, and the coagulant used, so we don’t recommend a fixed number without testing.
Anionic grades carry a negative charge and are typically used for clarification and flocculation, while cationic grades carry a positive charge and are more common in sludge dewatering. The right choice depends on your wastewater’s charge characteristics.
Yes, we manufacture and supply it in bulk from our Vadodara facility to customers across India.
Wastewater source, pH, approximate TSS, coagulant in use, flow rate, and the specific problem you’re trying to solve.
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