On the Viscosity of Concentrated Suspensions of Charged Colloids

This work is concerned with the theoretical estimation of the low-shear viscosity of concentrated suspensions of charged-stabilized latex particles. Calculations are based on the assumption that particles interacting through purely repulsive potentials behave as equivalent hard-spheres (HS), and sus...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Berli, Claudio Luis Alberto, Deiber, Julio Alcides, Quemada, Daniel
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2005
País:Argentina
Recursos:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositório:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/26627
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/26627
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.4
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
Descrição
Resumo:This work is concerned with the theoretical estimation of the low-shear viscosity of concentrated suspensions of charged-stabilized latex particles. Calculations are based on the assumption that particles interacting through purely repulsive potentials behave as equivalent hard-spheres (HS), and suspension viscosity may be analyzed in the framework of HS systems. In order to predict numerically the HS radius, the pair potential due to double-layer interaction, as a function of particle concentration, was investigated by using Poisson-Boltzmann theory and the cell model. Calculations explain appropriately experimental data for a wide range of particle sizes, volume fractions and salt concentrations. The problem concerning the effective surface charge of latex particles is also discussed.