Viscosity coefficient thickening

Eimco High-Capacity thickener, 22 66 Einsteinium (Es), 1 463-491, 464t electronic configuration, l 474t ion type and color, l 477t metal properties of, l 482t Einstein relation, 22 238. See also Einstein s viscosity equation filled networks and, 22 571, 572 Einstein s coefficient, 14 662 Einstein s equation, 7 280 21 716 23 99 Einstein s law, 19 108 Einstein s viscosity equation, 22 54. 

Clearly, shear thinning behaviour corresponds to nshear thickening behaviour to n> 1. The special case, n = 1, is that of Newtonian behaviour and in this case the consistency coefficient K is identical to the viscosity fx. Values of n for shear thinning fluids often extend to 0.5 but less commonly can be as low as 0.3 or even 0.2, while values of n for shear thickening behaviour usually extend to 1.2 or 1.3. 

Repulsive interparticle forces cause the suspension to manifest non-Newtonian behavior. Detailed calculations reveal that the primary normal stress coefficient [cf. Eq. (8.7)] decreases like y 1. In contrast, the suspension viscosity displays shear-thickening behavior. This feature is again attributed to the enhanced formation of clusters at higher shear rates. 

Unlike the shear viscosity, the first coefficient fii for the elongational viscosity starts from a term that is independent of any derivatives of hence giving a large positive contribution. It is therefore clear that our network has a tendency to elongational thickening irrespective of the detailed form of /3(r). 

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