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The extensional flow behaviour of dilute aqueous solutions of a partiallyhy-drolyzed polyacrylamide and a surfactant were investigated in an extensional flow cell. The cell was designed such that fluids were subjected to steady shear before undergoing extensional motion in a converging channel. Extensional resistance was monitored by measuring the pressure drop through the channel. Such measurements were made over a range of extensional rates at fixed values of the upstream shear rate. Solutions of different concentrations were tested — up to 40 ppm of polyacrylamide and 450 ppm of surfactant — at various temperatures in the case of surfactant and for different types and amounts of salt in the case of polyacrylamide. Of the results, the more notable are that the extensional resistance of polyacrylamide solutions is affected much more by CaCl2 than by NaCl and that surfactant solutions do not exhibit extensional resistance unless they are pre-sheared.
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Wunderlich, A.M., James, D.F. Extensional flow resistance of dilute polyacrylamide and surfactant solutions. Rheol Acta 26, 522–531 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01333736
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