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Gravity Effect on Weakly Concentrated Gel Phases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

C. Allain  and
C. Amiel
C. Allain
Affiliation:
Lab. Fluides, Automatique et Systèmes Thermiques, bât. 502, Campus Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, Cedex, France
C. Amiel
Affiliation:
Lab. Physico-chimie des Biomolymères, CNRS, 2–8 rue H. Dunant, 94320 Thiais, France
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The influence of the gravity on fluids and mixtures near critical points or on heterogeneous materials are well known. In the present paper, we show that gravity also affects gelling systems. We report unexpected results on weakly concentrated gels which find their origin in the deformation under its own weight of the polymer network.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 177: Symposium V – Macromolecular Liquids , 1989 , 59
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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