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Rheology of aqueous boehmite-coated silicon nitride suspensions and gels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2011

Wei-Heng Shih  and
Leh-Lii Pwu
Wei-Heng Shih
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Leh-Lii Pwu
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Abstract

The rheological properties of boehmite-coated silicon nitride aqueous suspensions and gels are reported. In unidirectional rheological tests, it was found that the boehmite coating reduces the viscosity of the suspensions over a wide range of shear rates and volume fractions of particles. The suspension shear stress as a function of shear rate can be described by the Bingham model, and the Bingham yield stresses of boehmite-coated silicon nitride suspensions are lower than those of the uncoated suspensions. The reduction in the viscosity and the Bingham yield stress is attributed to a shallower secondary minimum in the Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) potential between coated particles than that for uncoated silicon nitride particles. Moreover, at low values of pH, the coated silicon nitride suspensions gelled over time, and the viscoelastic behavior of the gels was studied by dynamic oscillatory tests. It was found that the shear modulus (G′) and loss modulus (G″) remain constant up to a certain strain amplitude, γ°, beyond which G′ and G″ begin to vary. The value of G′ in the linear region increases exponentially, whereas γ° decreases exponentially with the volume fraction of coated silicon nitride particles. The exponential behavior of the shear modulus G′ of the gels is similar to the exponential pressure-density relationship found in the previous pressure filtration study, indicating that particulate rearrangement occurs as volume fraction of particles is increased.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 10 , Issue 11 , November 1995 , pp. 2808 - 2816
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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