A Nonlinear Elastic Model for Shear Thickening of
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ANonlinearElasticModelforShearThickeningofSuspensionsFlocculatedbyReversibleBridgingYasufumiOtsuboDepartmentofUrbanEnvironmentSystems,FacultyofEngineering,ChibaUniversity,Yayoi-cho1-33,Inage-ku,Chiba-shi263-8522,JapanReceivedAugust31,1998.InFinalForm:December22,1998TheflowofsuspensionsflocculatedbyreversiblebridgingofpolymerwithweakaffinityfortheparticlesurfaceisNewtonianinthelimitofzeroshearrate,shear-thickeningatmoderateshearrates,andplasticwithaconstantstressindependentofshearrateinhighshearfields.TheNewtonianflowimpliesthatthepolymerbridgesareconstantlyformingandbreakinginaquiescentstate.Thestressaftercessationofsteadyshearexponentiallyrelaxesatlongtimes.Therelaxationtimeisnotaffectedbytheshearrate.Thestrain-dependentcurveofstoragemodulusataconstantfrequencyshowsarapidincreasewhenthestrainisincreasedaboveacriticallevel.Thecriticalstrainisindependentoffrequency.Therefore,theshearthickeningmaybeprimarilyattributedtotheelasticeffectofextendedbridges.Sincethepolymercoilsareforcedtodesorbatsomedegreeofextension,thesuspensionsbecomenearlyplasticathighshearrates.Theintrinsicmechanismofshear-thickeningflowforsuspensionsflocculatedbyreversiblepolymerbridgingisthenonlinearelasticityduetoentropyeffectofextendedbridgesandforceddesorptionduetohydrodynamiceffect.Bycombinationofthenonlinearelasticityandsinglerelaxationtime,arheologicalmodelisderivedtoquantitativelyexpresstheshear-thickeningflow.Themodelpredictionandexperimentalresultsareingoodagreement.IntroductionThemostimportantfeatureofpolymeradsorptionisthatnotallthesegmentsofachainareincontactwiththesurface.Theconformationofadsorbedpolymerchainisexplainedintermsoftrainsofsegmentswhichattachtothesurface,loopsofsegmentswhichextendintosolutionbetweentrains,andtailswhicharethedanglingendsofchains.1-3Thetrainandloopsegmentsreversiblyinter-change.However,thepolymerchainattachestothesurfaceatmanypoints.Themobilityofapolymerchainismarkedlyreducedbyadsorption,andthemovementofthewholepolymerisveryslow.Inpractice,polymeradsorptionisessentiallyirreversibleinmanycasesbecausethepolymermaynotbeabletodesorbsimulta-neouslyfromallsites.Whenthepolymerchainsdonothaveverystrongaffinityforthesurface,thefractionofloopsincreasesattheexpenseoftrains.Thechainhasalowerfractionofadsorbedsegmentsandmoreconforma-tionalfreedom.Theirreversibilityofstrongadsorptionarisesfrommultipointattachmenttothesolidsurface.Therefore,thedecreaseinthefractionoftrainsduetoweakadsorptioncausestheadsorption-desorptionproc-esstooccurreversiblybyBrownianmotion.Incolloidalsuspensions,thesegmentsextendingfromoneparticlecanadsorbontoanotherparticleandbindthemtogether.Theeffectisreferredtoaspolymerbridging.4,5Flocculationofcolloidalsuspensionsbythebridgingmechanismtakesplaceunderconditionswherethepolymerchainislongenoughandthesurfacecoveragebyadsorbedpolymerislow.Whenthereversibleadsorp-tionispresentduetopolymerchainswithweakaffinityfortheparticlesurface,thepolymerbridgesareconstantlyforming,breaking,andre-forminginzeroshearfields.Incontrasttoordinaryflocculatedsuspensionswhoseflowprofileisplasticatverylowshearratesorshearthinningoverawiderangeofshearrates,thesuspensionsfloc-culatedbyreversiblebridgingareNewtonianinthelimitofzeroshearrate.Atshearrateswherethetimescaleofcoilextensionismuchlongerthanthatofdesorption,thepolymercoilshaveanequilibriumconformationun-changedfromzeroshearstate.Thestrikingcontractionofchainonthesolidsurfaceisnotobservedinthecaseofweakadsorption.Sincetwoparticlescanbebridgedbyaflexiblepolymercoil,elasticanddeformableflocsarebuiltupinsuspensionsflocculatedbyreversiblebridging.Inshearfields,thebridgesaresubjectedtorapidextension.Theextendedbridgescanleadtohighresistancetoflowduetotherestoringforces.Asaresult,theflowbecomesshearthickeningatintermediateshearrates.6-8Therestoringforcesproducedbyrapidextensionofflexiblebridgesareresponsiblefortheshearthickening.Thestrainenergystoredinextendedbridgesisreleasedbytraindesorptioninshearfiled.Hence,theonsetofshearthickeningcanbeanalyzedinconnectionwiththisrelaxationprocessofpolymerchains.Thedominantvariablesaffectingtheshearthickeningarethelifetimeandextensibilityofbridgeswhicharecontrolledbychangingtheadsorptionaffinityofpolymers.Inthepresentpaper,shear-thickeningbehaviorisstudiedforsuspensionsflocculatedbyreversiblebridgingofpolymercoilswhosesizeiscomparabletotheparticlediameter.Toquantitativelydescribetheresults,arheo-logicalmodelisdeveloped.Thecomparisonofexperimentalresultsandmodelpredictionwillbediscussedinrelationtothenonlinearelasticityofbridges.MaterialsandMethodsMaterials.Thesuspensionswerecomposedofstyrene-methylacrylatecopolymerparticles,poly(acrylicacid)(PAA),surfactant,andwater.ThepHvaluewasadjustedwithhydrochloricacidto(1)Scheutjens,J.M.H.M.;Fleer,G.J.J.Phys.Chem.1979,83,1619.(2)Scheutjens,J.M.H.M.;Fleer,G.J.J.Phys.Chem.1980,84,179.(3)Ploehn,H.J.;Russel,W.B.Adv.Chem.Eng.1990,15,137.(4)Iler,R.K.J.ColloidInterfaceSci.1971,37,364.(5)Fleer,G.J.;Lyklema,J.J.ColloidInterfaceSci.1974,46,1.(6)Otsubo,Y.Langmuir1992,8,2336.(7)Otsubo,Y.J.Rheol.1993,37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