Rheological Behavior of Titanium Dioxide Suspensions

The rheological properties of titanium dioxide dispersed in water are measured over a wide range of powder concentrations, temperatures, and pH values. The value of intrinsic viscosity of titanium dioxide measured with an Ubbelohde capillary viscometer is 3.55, which is useful for determining the shape and aggregation property of the particles. The yield stress and steady shear viscosity of titanium dioxide with broad and narrow particle size distributions were measured over a wide range of solid volume fractions on a Brabender rheometer. It is observed that the rheological properties of the suspensions are quite different due to the difference in particle size distributions. Quemada, Casson, and Zhou's models were used to fit the experimental data and useful parameters were obtained. Calculated data are also in good agreement with the experimental data. As expected, the shear viscosity and yield stress decrease with increasing temperature. But when the temperature is around 50 degrees C, yield stress increases with increasing temperature while shear viscosity exhibits a complex behavior. The phenomena are very interesting and special. The Peclet number was used to analyze the shear thickening behavior. Models were also used to describe the shear viscosity under different temperatures and the master plots of the reduced variables eta/eta(infinity) vs t(c)gamma; at different temperatures are superimposed, which means the agreement is fair and the models are suitable to describe the rheological properties of titanium dioxide suspensions. pH effects were investigated on a Rheometrics RFS-II rheometer and it was found that pH can change the surface charge of the particles, which also affects the rheological behavior. The pH at which maximum shear viscosity and yield stress occur is in concordance with the isoelectric point. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.     

Effect of Interfacial Failure on the Viscosity of High-density Polyethylene

The effect of a processing agent (Dynamar) on the viscosity and surface properties of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) has been studied. A capillary rheometer was used to measure the viscosity of HDPE compounds containing various concentrations of Dynamar as a function of time at constant apparent shear rates. The shear rates used are 250 and 500 sec⁻¹. The addition of a small amount of Dynamar leads to a marked reduction in viscosity. The viscosity decreases dramatically initially, then levels off to an equilibrium. The rate of the viscosity reduction and the equilibrium viscosity value depend upon the Dynamar concentration and the shear rate. This phenomenon can be explained by the migration of Dynamar from the bulk to the interface of HDPE melt and die wall, resulting in the formation of a lubrication layer. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning secondary ion mass spectrometry analyses of the extrudates from a slit die reveal a low concentration of Dynamar at the surface. Adhesive failure at the Dynamar and HPDE interface is attributed to a reduction in viscosity. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

EFFECT OF PAN-MILLING STRESS ON CRYSTAL STRUCTURES OF HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE

A detailed study was performed on the crystal structures of pan-milled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) usingdifferential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction. The crystallinity of HDPE first decreased slightly, followed bya gradual increase with increasing milling times. Monoclinic crystals appeared after 4 cycles of milling. With increasingtimes of milling, the proportion of monoclinic crystals increased significantly while the proportion of orthorhombic crystalsdecreased gradually. With increasing times of milling, the crystallite size of orthorhombic form decreased greatly, while thesize of monoclinic crystallites kept almost constant during milling.     

Melt flow behavior of polypropylene composites filled with multi-walled carbon nanotubes during extrusion

Polypropylene (PP) composites filled with multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared using a twin-screw extruder. The melt flow properties of the composites were measured with a capillary rheometer in a temperature range from 180 to 230 °C and at various apparent shear rates varying from 100 to 4000 s⁻¹. The results showed that the melt shear stress increased almost linearly while the melt shear viscosity decreased almost linearly with increasing shear rates in a bi-logarithmic coordinate system. The melt shear flow followed the power law relationship and the dependence of the melt shear viscosity on temperature obeyed the Arrhenius equation. The relationship between the melt shear viscosity and the MWCNT weight fraction was roughly linear under the investigated range of temperature or shear rate.     

Experimental study on viscosity properties of cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) flowing through micro capillary dies

As an emerging polymer, COC has been commonly used to make microfluidic chips by microinjection molding; and in this process, COC melt flows in a trans-scale cavity in which macro and micro scales coexist. Thus, in such a circumstance, understanding viscosity property of COC melt would be helpful to mold design, parameter determination of injection molding and prediction of molding quality. In this paper, viscosity properties of COC melt flowing in three dies with different diameters (500 μm, 200 μm, 100 μm) were investigated at three different temperatures (240 °C, 260 °C, 280 °C) by a capillary rheometer. The results showed that viscosity of COC melt flowing in different micro dies can be reduced significantly by increasing temperature, and visco-temperature property of COC melt could be described by Vogel equation in a considerable accuracy. It was found that temperature sensitivity of viscosity of COC melt varies with shear rate. Besides, as die diameter decreased, viscosity of COC melt was also reduced greatly. Moreover, in 500 μm die, viscosity of COC decreased constantly with shear rate; however, in 200 μm and 100 μm dies, viscosity witnessed an increase within a certain shear rate range. It implies that behavior of COC molecular chains might varies in different micro-scales.     

线型聚乙烯及其共聚物的挤出畸变与熔体粘弹性的关系

采用恒速型双筒毛细管流变仪研究了一类线型聚乙烯熔体的挤出畸变与熔体非线性粘弹性的关系。实验研究了发生畸变时挤出压力的振荡规律,发现线型大分子或带小侧基的大分子熔体,容易发生壁滑和挤出压力振荡;而有较大侧基、或分子量分布宽、或带大量短支链的熔体,挤出畸变现象较轻。挤出畸变与熔体的弹性及熔体．壁面吸附状态紧密相关。容易发生壁滑和挤出压力振荡的熔体,弹性较大(入口压力降大);在壁面的吸附作用强(壁面临界剪切应力大)。稳态剪切粘度大小与挤出畸变和压力振荡的关系不大;而拉伸应力和拉伸粘度大的熔体较易发生壁滑和挤出压力振荡。     

Abnormal viscosity increment observed for an ionic liquid by dissolving lithium chloride

The effect of adding an inorganic salt, lithium chloride, and water on the viscosity of an ionic liquid, 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BmimCl), was investigated by shear stress measurements with a rheometer. The shear rate dependence of the viscosity showed shear thinning behavior, which implies that some structure should exist in the liquid and the structure should change at high shear rates. Addition of LiCl enhances the viscosity of BmimCl. The logarithmic value of zero-shear viscosity, eta(0), of BmimCl increases linearly and largely with increasing added salt content. The increasing rate of the viscosity by addition of LiCl was about 10 times larger than that for an aqueous solution of LiCl. When water is added into BmimCl, viscosity decreased. The increasing rate of the viscosity by addition of LiCl for BmimCl with about 5 wt % of water was almost the same as that for BmimCl without addition of water.     

热致性液晶共聚酯的拉伸流动行为

采用入口收缩流动的实验方法研究了改性PET/ 80PHB液晶共聚酯LCP80的拉伸流动行为 ,考察了拉伸速率、温度等对其拉伸粘度、Trouton比的影响 .实验结果表明 ,LCP80的入口压降值很大 ,其中由拉伸引起的入口压降是主要的 .在该文实验条件下LCP80均表现出拉伸稀化现象 ,并且Trouton比值都远大于 3 .根据流动中液晶织态结构的变化解释了实验现象 ,并对入口收缩流动的实验数据处理方法作了改进 ,比Beery的方法更为合理 ,也具有更广的适用性 .     

丁醛等离子体处理填料对填充聚烯烃熔体流变性的影响

用毛细管流变仪研究了经丁醛等离子体处理的云母粉填充高密度聚乙烯熔体(160℃)和聚丙烯熔体(180℃)的流变性。数据表明,处理削弱填充聚烯烃熔体流动的非牛顿性,熔体流动非牛顿指数随等离子体处理时间的延长而增大;处理降低填充聚烯烃熔体在低切变速率下的表观粘度,提高其在高切变速率下的表观粘度,发生转变的临界切变速率对填充聚乙烯和聚丙烯分别为150S~(-1)和50S~(-1)。扫描电镜观察熔体形态证实,处理对熔体粘度的复杂影响,是处理改善填料在熔体中的分散性和提高填料与基体界面结合力两者综合作用的结果。     

超高分子量聚苯乙烯的流变性能

以毛细管流变仪和Hakke转矩流变仪对稀土催化合成的超高分子量聚苯乙烯 (UHMWPS)的流变与加工性能进行了研究 .结果表明 ,UHMWPS最显著的流变特征为超高的熔体粘度和低剪切速率下出现不稳定流动 .不稳定流动与超高分子量聚合物长的松弛时间有关 ,并提出了临界剪切速率与分子量和温度的定量关系式 .较低的分子量和较高的温度有利于提高临界剪切速率 ,改善挤出物外观质量和降低熔体粘度 .分子链极度缠结不仅导致超高的熔体粘度 ,也使UHMWPS链解缠加快 ,导致更高的剪切速率敏感性 .UHMWPS塑化时熔体粘度高 ,转矩大 ,加工性能劣于通用聚苯乙烯 (GPPS)     

Melt flow behavior in capillary extrusion of nanometer calcium carbonate filled PCL bio-composites

Nanosized calcium carbonate (nano-CaCO₃) filled polycaprolactone (PCL) bio-composites were prepared by using a twin-screw extruder. The melt flow behavior of the composites, including the entry pressure drop, melt shear flow curves and melt shear viscosity, were measured through a capillary rheometer operated in a temperature range of 170∼200 °C and shear rates varying from 50 to 10³ s⁻¹. The entry pressure drop showed a non-linear increase with increasing shear stress when the filler weight fraction was less than 3%, while it decreased slightly with an increase of shear stress at a filler weight fraction of 4%. The melt shear flow roughly followed a power law, while the effect of temperature on the melt shear viscosity was estimated by using the Arrhenius equation. Moreover, the influence of the nano-CaCO₃ on the melt shear viscosity of the PCL composite was not significant at low filler levels.     

茂金属 乙烯的流变性与加工性

研究了丁烯－１共聚的茂金属聚乙烯（mＰＥ）的流变性,发现茂金属聚乙烯的窄分子量分 布导致它在挤出加工剪切范围里熔体粘度高、对剪切敏感性差以及熔体从牛顿型转为非牛顿型所需的剪切速率、转变应力高,在挤出加工条件下流动性差,加工困难。对茂金属聚乙烯（mＰＥ）进行改性制得ＭmＰＥ,ＭmＰＥ熔体对温度、剪切速率的敏感性提高,在加工温 度、加工剪切范围里的天观粘度降低,加工流动性得到了显著的改进,可在普通聚乙烯加工     

茂金属聚乙烯的流变性与加工性

研究了丁烯 １ 共聚的茂金属聚乙烯（ｍＰＥ） 的流变性,发现茂金属聚乙烯的窄分子量分布导致它在挤出加工剪切速率范围里熔体粘度高、对剪切敏感性差以及熔体从牛顿型转为非牛顿型所需的剪切速率、转变应力高,在挤出加工条件下流动性差,加工困难．对茂金属聚乙烯（ｍＰＥ） 进行改性制得ＭｍＰＥ,ＭｍＰＥ 熔体对温度、剪切速率的敏感性提高,在加工温度、加工剪切速率范围里的表观粘度降低,加工流动性得到了显著的改进,可在普通聚乙烯加工设备上,制备性能优良的茂金属聚乙烯薄膜制品．     

熔体中转变对四氟乙烯-六氟丙烯共聚物熔体流变性能的影响

用差示扫描量热仪与扭辨分析检出了四氟乙烯-六氟丙烯共聚物熔体中的转变。为了阐明转变的性质,用毛细管流变仪和微型平板粘度计研究了其熔体粘度的温度依赖性。发现,当温度上升到转变温度附近,熔体粘度先升高,然后下降,其粘度行为与热致型小分子液晶相似。但用偏光显微镜观察FEP共聚物熔体,未发现双折射现象。根据实验结果对转变的机制提出了解释。     

Study of cure kinetics of DGEBA with optically active curing agents

Kaolin-filled polypropylene (PP) composites with various kaolin content, processing temperature and shear histories were compounded using a heated two roll-mill. Prior to thermal analysis, the samples were subjected to extrusion process via capillary rheometer. The influences of kaolin content, processing temperature and shear stress on crystallization of all samples, including isothermal and nonisothermal crystallization behaviour were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The results showed that the increasing kaolin content, processing temperature and shear stress have shifted the crystallization exothermic peak to higher temperature and reduced the overall crystallization time.     

应力引发官能化EPDM/HDPE及其对PA66/EPDM/HDPE 共混物相形态和力学性能的影响

通过提高双螺杆挤出机螺杆转速的方法,研究了熔融挤出过程中高剪切应力对马来酸酐(MAH)官能化三元乙丙橡胶(EPDM)与高密度聚乙烯(HDPE)共混物的接枝率、熔体流动速率及凝胶含量的影响.随着双螺杆挤出机螺杆转速的增加,强烈的机械剪切应力引发EPDM/HDPE共混物大分子链的断链反应形成大分子自由基,从而引发接枝反应制...     

经不同程度降解聚丙烯的熔体流变性质

<正> 聚丙烯(PP)的热降解和化学控制降解法七十年代开始应用于聚合物工业加工过程。聚丙烯在高温下热降解,一般认为服从无规断链机理。随降解过程进行,分子量变小,分子量分布变窄,由定向聚合反应产生的特征性高分子量尾端降解最为显著。该过程往往可显著改善PP熔体加工性,因此研究降解过程对PP熔体流变性质的影响殊属     

含氰基离子液体的合成、表征及流变性质研究

摘要合成、 表征了一系列新的含氰基咪唑类离子液体. 测定了该离子液体的密度、 熔点及溶解性等物理性质, 研究了其在稳态、 瞬态和动态条件下的流变行为. 结果表明, 当剪切速率在0.1～50 s^-1范围内时, 其粘度不随剪切速率的变化而变化, 但随温度升高而降低, 粘流活化能随取代基长度变化呈现规律性变化. 对于1-丁基-3-氰乙基咪唑六氟磷酸盐离子液体, 维持剪切速率不变时, 其剪切应力和粘度均不随时间变化, 且随着温度的升高而降低; 在动态条件下, 在线性粘弹区, 复合粘度和损耗模量G″ 随温度升高而降低. 关键词     

Effect of thermal degradation on rheological properties for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)

Thermal degradation at processing temperature and the effect on the rheological properties for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) have been studied by means of oscillatory shear modulus and capillary extrusion properties, with the aid of molecular weight measurements. Thermal history at processing temperature depresses the viscosity because of random chain scission. As a result, gross melt fracture hardly takes place with increasing the residence time in a capillary rheometer. Moreover, it was also found that the molecular weight distribution is independent of the residence time, whereas the inverse of the average molecular weight is proportional to the residence time. Prediction of average molecular weight with a constant molecular weight distribution makes it possible to calculate the flow curve following generalized Newtonian fluid equation proposed by Carreau as a function of temperature as well as the residence time.     

Rheological behavior of PET/HDPE in situ microfibrillar blends: Influence of microfibrils' flexibility

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)/high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) in situ microfibrillar reinforced blends were prepared via a slit die extrusion‐hot stretch‐quenching process. The in situ PET microfibrils contain various contents of a segmented thermoplastic elastomer, Hytrel 5526 (HT), hence having different flexibility as demonstrated by dynamic mechanical analysis. It is interesting that the simple mixing leads to nanoscale particles of the HT phase in PET phase, and the size of the HT particles is almost independent of the HT concentration, as observed from the scanning electron microscope micrographs which show that the microfibrils with different HT concentrations have almost the same diameter and smooth surfaces. The static rheological results by an advanced capillary rheometer show that the entrance pressure drop and the viscosity of the microfibrillar blends both reduced with increasing the microfibrils' flexibility. Furthermore, the data obtained by the temperature scan of the PET/HT/HDPE microfibrillar blends through a dynamic rheometer indicates that the more flexible microfibril leads to lower melt elasticity and slightly decreases the viscosities of blends, presenting a consistent conclusion about influences of the microfibrils' flexibility on the rheological behavior from the static rheometer measurements. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 45: 1205–1216, 2007