Rheological behavior, polymer materials

The Bingham Fluid. The Bingham fluid is an empirical model that represents the rheological behavior of materials that exhibit a no flow region below certain yield stresses, tv, such as polymer emulsions and slurries. Since the material flows like a Newtonian liquid above the yield stress, the Bingham model can be represented by... 

The rheological behavior of materials is generally very complex, and polymers are usually more complex than alternative materials of construction. 

Kulicke WM, Kull AH, Kull W, Thielkmg H, EngeUiart J, Pannek JB (1996) Characterization of aqueous carboxymethylcellulose solutions in terms of their molecular structure and its influence on rheological behavior. Polymer 37(13) 2723-2731 Kulicke WM, Reinhardt Fuller UGG, Arendt O (1999) Characterization of the flow properties of sodium carboxymethylcellulose via mechanical and optical techniques. Rheol Acta 38 26-33 Kulshreshtha AK, Dweltz NE (1973) Para crystalline lattice disorder in cellulose - 1. Reappraisal of the application of the two-phase hypothesis to the analysis of powder x-ray diffractograms of native and hydrolyzed cellulosic materials. J Polym Sci 11 487 97 Mathur NK, Mathur V (2001) Chemical Weekly, July Edition, 155... 

Block (Star) Arrangement. The known star polymers, like their linear counterparts, exhibit microphase separation. In general, they exhibit higher viscosities in the melt than their analogous linear materials. Their rheological behavior is reminiscent of network materials rather than linear block copolymers (58). Although they have been used as compatibiUzers in polymer blends, they are not as effective at property enhancements as linear diblocks... 

The above considerations illustrate the difficulties of trying to formulate equations descriptive of rheological behavior of polymer melts with gas bubbles. An optimistic approach to the solution of this task is contained in [60, 61]. The content of these works is revealed by their titles On the Use of the Theory of Viscoelasticity for Describing of the Behaviour of Porous Material and for the Calculation of construction... 

For suspensions primarily stabilized by a polymeric material, it is important to carefully consider the optimal pH value of the product since certain polymer properties, especially the rheological behavior, can strongly depend on the pH of the system. For example, the viscosity of hydrophilic colloids, such as xanthan gums and colloidal microcrystalline cellulose, is known to be somewhat pH- dependent. Most disperse systems are stable over a pH range of 4-10 but may flocculate under extreme pH conditions. Therefore, each dispersion should be examined for pH stability over an adequate storage period. Any... 

Materials are modeled classically as either viscous, such as water or molasses, or elastic in nature, such as steel beams or metal springs. In general, polymers are complex materials that behave in a combined response to strain with both viscous and elastic characteristics. Under conditions where the material exhibits both viscous and elastic rheological behavior, the polymers are described as viscoelastic. That is, polymers have substantial viscous and elastic characteristics when strained. 

Polymers are viscoelastic materials meaning they can act as liquids, the visco portion, and as solids, the elastic portion. Descriptions of the viscoelastic properties of materials generally falls within the area called rheology. Determination of the viscoelastic behavior of materials generally occurs through stress-strain and related measurements. Whether a material behaves as a viscous or elastic material depends on temperature, the particular polymer and its prior treatment, polymer structure, and the particular measurement or conditions applied to the material. The particular property demonstrated by a material under given conditions allows polymers to act as solid or viscous liquids, as plastics, elastomers, or fibers, etc. This chapter deals with the viscoelastic properties of polymers. 

Rheological Behavior, Rheometry, and Rheological Material Functions of Polymer Melts, 80... 

RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR, RHEOMETRY, AND RHEOLOGICAL MATERIAL FUNCTIONS OF POLYMER MELTS... 

We have tried to give a quick glimpse of the interrelationships among some commonly used constitutive equations for polymer melts and solutions. None predicts quantitatively the entire spectrum of the rheological behavior of these materials. Some are better than others, becoming more powerful by utilizing more detailed and realistic molecular models. These, however, are more complex to use in connection with the equation of motion. Table 3.1 summarizes the predictive abilities of some of the foregoing, as well as other constitutive equations. 

Polymeric fluids are the most studied of all complex fluids. Their rich rheological behavior is deservedly the topic of numerous books and is much too vast a subject to be covered in detail here. We must therefore limit ourselves to an overview. The interested reader can obtain more thorough presentations in the following references a book by Ferry (1980), which concentrates on the linear viscoelasticity of polymeric fluids, a pair of books by Bird et al. (1987a,b), which cover polymer constitutive equations, molecular models, and elementary fluid mechanics, books by Tanner (1985), by Dealy and Wissbrun (1990), and by Baird and Dimitris (1995), which emphasize kinematics and polymer processing flows, a book by Macosko (1994) focusing on measurement methods and a book by Larson (1988) on polymer constitutive equations. Parts of this present chapter are condensed versions of material from Larson (1988). The static properties of flexible polymer molecules are discussed in Section 2.2.3 their chemistry is described in Flory (1953). 

The macroscopic free-volume is an important parameter closely related to the rheological behavior of an amorphous material. It is generally accepted that the glass transition is regarded as an iso-free-volume state, and the free-volume fraction (fg) at the Tg is around 0.025 for many monomers and polymers. The WLF method has been widely used for determining the macroscopic fg value. On the other hand, the microscopic analysis of the free-volume has also been uti-... 

A standard commercial film blowing LLDPE resin, LPX-30, was blended at different ratios with either other LLDPE s or a LDPE polymer. The characteristic properties of these materials are listed In Table II. The resins were generously donated to the project by Esso Chem., Canada. Prior to blending the polymers were thoroughly characterized by SEC, SEC/LALLS, solution viscosity, CNMR, Atomic Absorbance, and their rheological behavior was characterized In steady state and dynamic shear flow as well as In the uniaxial extenslonal deformation (44-46). 

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