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In this work, we study the origin of the extension thickening commonly observed when solutions of flexible polymers flow through porous media and ideal elongational flows. We have used randomly packed beds of glass beads as porous media. We have performed experiments with closely monodisperse atactic polystyrene of different molecular weights dissolved in organic solvents. The use of a closely monodisperse polymer allowed us to make a more meaningful comparison between the results obtained using opposed jets and porous media flow, as compared to previous works on polydisperse polymers. The results indicate that the coil-stretch transition of isolated polymer molecules in solution cannot be the only mechanism responsible for the extension thickening. It is clear that part of the observed effect is due to the extension of isolated molecules, but the main factor causing a great increase in the elongation viscosity beyond a critical strain rate is the formation of transient entanglement networks.
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Sáez, A.E., Müller, A.J. & Odell, J.A. Flow of monodisperse polystyrene solutions through porous media. Colloid Polym Sci 272, 1224–1233 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00657774
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