کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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159814 | 457048 | 2006 | 13 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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Different rheological tests were performed on monodisperse polystyrene latices and mixtures of two different latices with different particle sizes. A critical volume fraction φcφc was defined for each of the latices. Subsequently, a method based on the estimation of the porosity of a bed of randomly placed spherical particles was adapted to allow us to define the maximum packing fraction for any bimodal system. This method can be used for any ratio of particle diameter and volume fraction for the two populations provided one has knowledge of the critical volume fractions of related monodisperse latices (see Pishvaei et al., 2005. Polymer 46, 1235–1244). The model was tested experimentally, and rheological tests allowed us to validate the values of the critical volume fraction (φc)(φc) of different bimodal latices. A master curve of viscosity vs. polymer concentration was obtained using the concept of reduced volume fraction. The results prove that we can predict the viscosity of multimodal systems from the knowledge of monomodal packing fraction.
Journal: Chemical Engineering Science - Volume 61, Issue 17, September 2006, Pages 5768–5780