The rheology of concentrated coagulating suspensions is analysed on the basis of the following model: (i) at low shear rates, the shear is not distributed homogeneously but limited to certain shear planes; (ii) the energy dissipation during steady flow is due primarily to the overcoming of viscous drag by the suspended particles during motion caused by encounters of particles in the shear planes. This model is called the giant floc model.With increasing shear rate the distance between successive shear planes diminishes, approaching the suspended particles' diameter at average shear stresses of 88–117 Pa in suspensions of 78 µm particles (glass ballotini coated by a hydrophobic layer) in glycerol — water mixtures, at solid volume fractions between 0.35 and 0.40. Smaller particles form a more persistent coagulation structure. The average force necessary to separate two touching 78 µm particles is too large to be accounted for by London-van der Waels forces; thus coagulation is attributed to bridging connections between polymer chains protruding from the hydrophobic coatings.The frictional ratio of the glass particles in these suspensions is of the order of 10. Coagulation leads to build-up of larger structural units at lower shear rates; on doubling the shear rate the average distance between the shear planes decreases by a factor of 0.81 to 0.88.
A
inter-shear plane distance
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A
Hamaker constant
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b
radius of primary particles
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f
frictional ratio
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F
A
attractive force between two particles
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g
acceleration due to gravity
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H
distance between the surfaces of two particles
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K
proportionality constant in power law
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l
fraction of distance by which a moving particle entrains its neighbours
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l
effective length of inner cylinder in the rheometer
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M
torque experienced by inner cylinder during measurements
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n
exponent in power law
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n
0
,
n
1
,
n
2
constants in extended power law
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NC
hex
number of contacts, per mm
2, between particles in adjacent layers with an average degree of occupation, assuming a hexagonal arrangement of the particles within the layers
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NC
cub
as
NC
hex, but with a cubical arrangement
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p () d
increase of slippage probability when the shear stress increases from
to
+ d
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q
average coordination number of a particle in a coagulate
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R
i
radius of inner cylinder of rheometer
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R
u
radius of outer cylinder of rheometer
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t
i
time during which particle
i moves
-
t
0
time during which a particle bordering a shear plane moves from its rectilinear course, on meeting another particle
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u
angle between the direction of motion, and the line connecting the centers of two successive particles bordering a shear plane
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V
A
attractive energy between two particles
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x, y, z
Cartesian coordinates:
x — the direction of motion;
y — the direction of the velocity gradient
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y
0
,
z
0
y, z value of a particle meeting another particle, when both are far removed from each other
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y
0
spread in
y
0
values
-
—2/
n
-
0
capture efficiency
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shear rate
-
average shear rate calculated for a Newtonian liquid
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i
distance by which particle
i moves
-
0
distance by which a particle bordering a shear plane moves from its rectilinear course, when it encounters another particle
-
square root of area occupied by a particle bordering a shear plane, in this plane
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c
energy dissipated during one encounter of two particles bordering a shear plane
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p
energy dissipated by one particle
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energy dissipated per unit of volume and time during steady flow
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viscosity
-
app
calculated as if the liquid is Newtonian
-
0
viscosity of suspension medium
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PL
lim
- [
]
intrinsic viscosity
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diff
-
diff, rel
diff/
0
-
standard deviation of distribution of
y
0
values
-
shear stress
-
n
average shear stress at the highest
values applied
-
mass average particle diameter
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n
number average particle diameter
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solid volume fraction
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eff
effective solid volume fraction in Dougherty-Krieger relation
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max
maximum solid volume fraction permitting flow
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i
angular velocity of inner cylinder in rheometer during measurements
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