Viscosity transformations

The viscosity of a fluid therefore determines the amount of force that must be applied to maintain the motion of the moving plane. The force resisting motion is for this reason termed the viscous drag and is analogous to the more familiar friction force that resists the relative motion of two solid bodies in contact. As with friction between solid bodies, the viscosity transforms mechanical work to heat and a vessel containing a high-viscosity polymer will become noticeably warm upon persistent shearing of the polymer. 

Asahi s innovations have done much to transform the cuprammonium process from an uneconomic competitor for viscose and synthetics into the fastest wet-spinning system in the world. They now cl aim it to be competitive both economically and environmentally with the viscose filament process. 

Most hydrocarbon resins are composed of a mixture of monomers and are rather difficult to hiUy characterize on a molecular level. The characteristics of resins are typically defined by physical properties such as softening point, color, molecular weight, melt viscosity, and solubiHty parameter. These properties predict performance characteristics and are essential in designing resins for specific appHcations. Actual characterization techniques used to define the broad molecular properties of hydrocarbon resins are Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (nmr), and differential scanning calorimetry (dsc). 

Drying. Drying may be defined as any process that results in the transformation of a fluid-printing ink into a very high viscosity or soHd film. 

The polyamides are soluble in high strength sulfuric acid or in mixtures of hexamethylphosphoramide, /V, /V- dim ethyl acetam i de and LiCl. In the latter, compHcated relationships exist between solvent composition and the temperature at which the Hquid crystal phase forms. The polyamide solutions show an abmpt decrease in viscosity which is characteristic of mesophase formation when a critical volume fraction of polymer ( ) is exceeded. The viscosity may decrease, however, in the Hquid crystal phase if the molecular ordering allows the rod-shaped entities to gHde past one another more easily despite the higher concentration. The Hquid crystal phase is optically anisotropic and the texture is nematic. The nematic texture can be transformed to a chiral nematic texture by adding chiral species as a dopant or incorporating a chiral unit in the main chain as a copolymer (30). 

In the propane process, part of the propane diluent is allowed to evaporate by reducing pressure so as to chill the slurry to the desired filtration temperature, and rotary pressure filters are employed. Complex dewaxing requires no refrigeration, but depends on the formation of a soHd urea—/ -paraffin complex which is separated by filtration and then decomposed. This process is used to make low viscosity lubricants which must remain fluid at low temperatures (refrigeration, transformer, and hydraulic oils) (28). 

Whea there are reactants with three or more functionahties participating ia the polymerization, branching and the formation of iatermolecular linkages, ie, cross-linking of the polymer chains, become definite possibiUties. If extensive cross-linking occurs in a polymer system to form network stmctures, the mobiUty of the polymer chains is greatiy restricted. Then the system loses its fluidity and transforms from a moderately viscous Hquid to a gelled material with infinite viscosity. The experimental results of several such reaction systems are collected in Table 6. 

Dispersion of a soHd or Hquid in a Hquid affects the viscosity. In many cases Newtonian flow behavior is transformed into non-Newtonian flow behavior. Shear thinning results from the abiHty of the soHd particles or Hquid droplets to come together to form network stmctures when at rest or under low shear. With increasing shear the interlinked stmcture gradually breaks down, and the resistance to flow decreases. The viscosity of a dispersed system depends on hydrodynamic interactions between particles or droplets and the Hquid, particle—particle interactions (bumping), and interparticle attractions that promote the formation of aggregates, floes, and networks. 

Recommended apphcations include transformers, insulators, bushings, wire and cable, generators, motors and switchgear, additives for adhesives, vinyl stabilization, and as viscosity depressants. 

Glasses, like metals, are formed by deformation. Liquid metals have a low viscosity (about the same as that of water), and transform discontinuously to a solid when they are cast and cooled. The viscosity of glasses falls slowly and continuously as they are heated. Viscosity is defined in the way shown in Fig. 19.7. If a shear stress is applied to the hot glass, it shears at a shear strain rate 7. Then the viscosity, ij, is defined by... 

To maintain a high polymerization rate at high conversions, reduce the residual amount of the monomer, and eliminate the adverse process of polyacrylamide structurization, polymerization is carried out in the adiabatic mode. An increase in temperature in the reaction mixture due to the heat evolved in the process of polymerization is conductive to a reduction of the system viscosity even though the polymer concentration in it rises. In this case, the increase in flexibility and mobility of macromolecules shifts the start of the oncoming gel effect into the range of deep transformation or eliminates it completely. 

The molecular weight of the polymer is a function of the extent of polymerization and could he monitored through the melt viscosity. The final polymer may he directly extruded or transformed to chips, which are stored. 

Rheological methods of measuring the interphase thickness have become very popular in science [50, 62-71]. Usually they use the viscosity versus concentration relationships in the form proposed by Einstein for the purpose [62-66], The factor K0 in Einstein s equation typical of particles of a given shape is evaluated from measurements of dispersion of the filler in question in a low-molecular liquid [61, 62], e.g., in transformer oil [61], Then the viscosity of a suspension of the same filler in a polymer melt or solution is determined, the value of Keff is obtained, and the adsorbed layer thickness is calculated by this formula [61,63,64] ... 

An amine-terminated poly ether (ATPE) is prepared as follows. Charge poly(tetramethylene oxide) diol (PolyTHF 1000, BASF, 75.96 g, 0.0759 m) to a 500-mL three-neck round-bottom flask fitted with a thermocouple, a mechanical stirrer, and a vacuum port. Add tert-butylacetoacetate (24.04 g, 0.1582 m) and apply vacuum. Heat at 175° C for 4 h, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis should indicate complete loss of the polyol OH absorption at 3300 cm. The room temperature viscosity of the product should be about 520 mPa-s. React this acetoacetylated product (85.5 g, 0.0649 m) with cyclohexylamine (14.5 g, 0.1465 m) at 110° C under vacuum for several hours. Cool the resultant cyclohexylaminocrotonate poly ether product to room temperature (1790 mPa-s at room temperature). 

Impingement mixing, 200 Implants, bioresorbable, 27 Indentation force deflection (IFD) test, 244 Infrared (IR) spectroscopy, 91, 162, 300, 490. See also Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry Ingold s classification, 60-61 Inherent viscosity, 161-162 Injection molding, of polyamides, 136,... 

For an incompressible fluid, the density variation with temperature is negligible compared to the viscosity variation. Hence, the viscosity variation is a function of temperature only and can be a cause of radical transformation of flow and transition from stable flow to the oscillatory regime. The critical Reynolds number also depends significantly on the specific heat, Prandtl number and micro-channel radius. For flow of high-viscosity fluids in micro-channels of tq < 10 m the critical Reynolds number is less than 2,300. In this case the oscillatory regime occurs at values of Re < 2,300. 

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