Rheology of concentrated isotropic and anisotropic xanthan solutions. 1. A rodlike low molecular weight sample
Rheology of concentrated isotropic and anisotropic xanthan solutions. 1. A rodlike low molecular weight sample
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DOI:
10.1021/ma011526m
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发表时间:
2002-03-12
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5.5
通讯作者:
Brant, DA
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作者:
Lee, HC;Brant, DA
The rheology of a rodlike xanthan sample (Fraction X13F3, M-w = 1.54 x 10(5) g/mol) has been studied in aqueous NaCl (0.01, 0.1, 1.0 M) in oscillatory and steady shear experiments. Polymer concentrations W (in weight percent) spanning the isotropic, biphasic, and fully anisotropic regimes of the lyotropic liquid crystalline phase diagram have been investigated. The rheological parameters increase as power law functions of W in the isotropic regime, decrease with higher power law exponents in the biphasic regime, and change very slowly in the fully anisotropic regime. The peak in plot's of steady shear viscosity eta against W shifts toward lower W with increasing shear rate (gamma) over dot,because of the shear-induced orientation. In contrast, peaks in the plots of the complex viscosity eta*, storage modulus G', and loss modulus G" are independent of frequency omega, because shear-induced orientation is minimal under conditions of small strain. Power law curves fit to eta*, G', and G" in the isotropic, bipbasic, and anisotropic regimes cross at W-i and at W-a, the boundaries, respectively, between the isotropic and biphasic and between the biphasic and anisotropic regions as determined by phase separation measurements. No crossover of G' and G" is observed for X13F3 at any salt concentration studied, and the loss tangent tan delta = (G"/G') > 1 under all the conditions investigated. The parameters eta* and G" conform to tight master curves when the appropriate reduced variables are plotted, but eta and G' do not. The Cox-Merz rule is obeyed at all three salt conditions for all polymer concentrations studied in the Newtonian plateau region of the reduced flow curves. The salt concentration plays an important role in determining W-i and W-a for this ionic, rodlike polysaccharide, but it does not affect the Newtonian plateau viscosities in the isotropic regime. In contrast, the viscosities of anisotropic solutions at different salt concentrations increase as the salt concentration increases, because the order parameter in anisotropic solutions is greater at low salt concentration than it is at high salt concentration.