Plastics rheological properties

It is very important, from one hand, to accept a hypothesis about the material fracture properties before physical model building because general view of TF is going to change depending on mechanical model (brittle, elasto-plastic, visco-elasto-plastic, ete.) of the material. From the other hand, it is necessary to keep in mind that the material response to loads or actions is different depending on the accepted mechanical model because rheological properties of the material determine type of response in time. The most remarkable difference can be observed between brittle materials and materials with explicit plastic properties. 

Rheology is the science of the deformation and flow of matter. It is concerned with the response of materials to appHed stress. That response may be irreversible viscous flow, reversible elastic deformation, or a combination of the two. Control of rheology is essential for the manufacture and handling of numerous materials and products, eg, foods, cosmetics, mbber, plastics, paints, inks, and drilling muds. Before control can be achieved, there must be an understanding of rheology and an ability to measure rheological properties. 

One of the most common rubber adhesives are the contact adhesives. These adhesives are bonded by a diffusion process in which the adhesive is applied to both surfaces to be joined. To achieve optimum diffusion of polymer chains, two requirements are necessary (1) a high wettability of the adhesive by the smooth or rough substrate surfaces (2) adequate viscosity (in general rheological properties) of the adhesive to penetrate into the voids and roughness of the substrate surfaces. Both requirements can be easily achieved in liquid adhesives. Once the adhesive solution is applied on the surface of the substrate, spontaneous or forced evaporation of the solvent or water must be produced to obtain a dry adhesive film. In most cases, the dry-contact adhesive film contains residual solvent (about 5-10 wt%), which usually acts as a plasticizer. The time necessary... 

Fliess-barkeit,/. flowing quality, fluidity fusibility. -bereich, m. plastic range, -betrieb, m. — Fliessarbeit. -druck, m. flow pressure hydraulic pressure, -eigenschaf /. rheologic property. 

The existence of yield stress Y at shear strains seems to be the most typical feature of rheological properties of highly filled polymers. A formal meaing of this term is quite obvious. It means that at stresses lower than Y the material behaves like a solid, i.e. it deforms only elastically, while at stresses higher than Y, like a liquid, i.e. it can flow. At a first approximation it may be assumed that the material is not deformed at all, if stresses are lower than Y. In this sense, filled polymers behave as visco-plastic media with a low-molecular and low-viscosity dispersion medium. This analogy is not random as will be stressed below when the values of the yield stress are compared for the systems with different dispersion media. The existence of yield stress in its physical meaning must be correlated with the strength of a structure formed by the interaction between the particles of a filler. 

POLYMAT materials data for plastics POLYMAT Materials Data for Plastics contains property values, e.g. mechanical, thermal, electrical, optical, rheological properties and text fields, e.g. special... 

The rheological properties of a particular suspension may be approximated reasonably well by either a power-law or a Bingham-plastic model over the shear rate range of 10 to 50 s. If the consistency coefficient k is 10 N s, /m-2 and the flow behaviour index n is 0.2 in the power law model, what will be the approximate values of the yield stress and of the plastic viscosity in the Bingham-plastic model ... 

Xu, Y. and Qu, J. 2009. Mechanical and rheological properties of epoxidized soybean oil plasticized poly(lactic acid). Journal of Applied Polymer Science 112 3185 - 3191. 

These cements have unusual rheological properties (Wilson, 1975b). They can be mixed to higher powder/liquid ratios (6 1 by mass, or more) than any other dental cements and are very fluid. Whereas pastes of other cements behave as plastic bodies, the EBA cement has the characteristics of a very viscous Newtonian liquid and flows under its own weight, even when mixed very thickly (Wilson Batchelor, 1971). High powder/liquid ratios are required for optimum properties 3-5 g cm for luting and 5 to 6 g cm for linings and bases. 

The term semisolid infers a unique rheological character. Like solids, such systems retain their shape until acted upon by an outside force, whereupon, unlike solids, they are easily deformed. Thus, a finger drawn through a semisolid mass leaves a track that does not fill up when the action is complete. Rather, the deformation made is for all practical purposes permanent, an outcome physically characterized by saying semisolids deform plastically. Their overall rheological properties allow them to be spread over the skin to form films that cling tenaciously. 

Rheology is the study of flow and deformation of materials under the influence of external forces. It involves the viscosity characteristics of powders, liquids, and semisolids. Rheological studies are also important in the industrial manufacture and applications of plastic materials, lubricating materials, coatings, inks, adhesives, and food products. Flow properties of pharmaceutical disperse systems can be of particular importance, especially for topical products. Such systems often exhibit rather complex rheological properties, and pharmaceutical scientists have conducted fundamental investigations in this area [58-64],... 

Newtonian flow, and their viscosity is not constant but changes as a function of shear rate and/or time. The rheological properties of such systems cannot be defined simply in terms of one value. These non-Newtonian phenomena are either time-independent or time-dependent. In the first case, the systems can be classified as pseudoplastic, plastic, or dilatant, in the second case as thixotropic or rheopective. 

A convenient term for the rheological properties of an unvulcanised elastomer (see Rheology). It has been defined as the susceptibility to, and retentivity of deformation , and also the degree of flow which takes place under given conditions of temperature and pressure . The use of the term viscosity is a more appropriate description. Plasticity Retention Index... 

Similarly, one frequent prerequisite is that the pigments used have little or no effect on the physical and mechanical properties of the plastic. One example here is the change in rheological properties of PVC plastisols or of PVC melts during processing. 

Different types of liquid crystals exhibit different rheological properties [16,17]. With an increase in organization of the microstructure of the liquid crystal its consistency increases and the flow behavior becomes more viscous. The coefficient of dynamic viscosity r, although a criterion for the viscosity of ideal viscous flow behavior (Newtonian systems), is high for cubic and hexagonal liquid crystals but fairly low for lamellar ones. However, the flow characteristics are not Newtonian but plastic or pseudoplastic, respectively. 

That is to say, the same variables are relevant in both problems with the exception of the rheological properties of the fluid. For Newtonian fluids, the viscosity y. defines these adequately for Bingham plastics, the two parameters t and ij are required. 

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