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Extensional rheology of a shear-thickening cornstarch and water suspension

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A filament-stretching rheometer is used to measure the extensional viscosity of a shear-thickening suspension of cornstarch in water. The experiments are performed at a concentration of 55 wt.%. The shear rheology of these suspensions demonstrates a strong shear-thickening behavior. The extensional rheology of the suspensions demonstrates a Newtonian response at low extension rates. At moderate strain rates, the fluid strain hardens. The speed of the strain hardening and the extensional viscosity achieved increase quickly with increasing extension rate. Above a critical extension rate, the extensional viscosity goes through a maximum and the fluid filaments fail through a brittle fracture at a constant tensile stress. The glassy response of the suspension is likely the result of jamming of particles or clusters of particles at these high extension rates. This same mechanism is responsible for the shear thickening of these suspensions. In capillary breakup extensional rheometry, measurement of these suspensions demonstrates a divergence in the extensional viscosity as the fluid stops draining after a modest strain is accumulated.

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The authors would like to thank the National Science Foundation for the generous support of this research under grant CBET-0547150 and through the MRSEC and the CHM at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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    Erica E. Bischoff White, Manoj Chellamuthu & Jonathan P. Rothstein

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Bischoff White, E.E., Chellamuthu, M. & Rothstein, J.P. Extensional rheology of a shear-thickening cornstarch and water suspension. Rheol Acta 49, 119–129 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-009-0415-3

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