Engineering Research Equipment: Controlled Stress Rheometer

由工程研究设备赠款供资，a 应购买受控应力流变仪， PI的部门实验室在几个项目。的项目 都属于涂料和陶瓷悬浮液领域。他们 包括用于涂层微凝胶、絮凝剂的评价， 液体复合材料，以获得更好的纤维可纺性。这一问题 这些领域是量化粒子的相互作用， 浓缩的分散体。 这项研究的相关性在于， 友好的涂层和更好的聚合物纤维， 工业用途。

Funded under an Engineering Research Equipment Grant, a Controlled Stress Rheometer is to be purchased for use in the PI's departmental laboratory in several projects. The projects are all in the area of coatings and ceramic suspensions. They include microgels for coatings, evaluation of floculants, and liquid composites for better fiber spinnability. The issue in these areas is quantifying particle interactions in concentrated dispersions. The relevance of the research is to more environmentally friendly coatings, and better polymer fibers for a variety of industrial uses.