Hydrophobically associating polymers description

This chapter is divided into four parts. In the first part, a description of experimental studies related to water-soluble polymers is given. In the second part, factors affecting the flow behavior of partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide will be examined. In the third part, the flow behavior of biopolymers (xanthan) will be reviewed. In the last part, rheological properties of hydrophobically associating polymers will be discussed. 

The position of the T,-divide that separates soluble from insoluble (hydrophobically associated) states in the phase diagram depends on seven variables on the six intensive variables of temperature, chemical potential, electrochemical potential, mechanical force, pressure, and electromagnetic radiation, and on polymer volume fraction or concentration. Therefore, diverse protein-catalyzed energy conversions by the consilient mechanism result from designs that control the location of the Tfdivide in this seven-dimensional phase transitional space. Complete mathematical description has yet to be written for representation of the T,-divide in seven-dimensional phase transitional space, but it may prove to be more relevant to... 

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