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The rheology of suspensions of porous zeolite particles in polymer solutions

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We present data and predictive models for the shear rheology of suspended zeolite particles in polymer solutions. It was found experimentally that suspensions of zeolite particles in polymer solutions have relative viscosities that dramatically exceed the Krieger–Dougherty predictions for hard sphere suspensions. Our investigations show that the major origin of this discrepancy is due to the selective absorption of solvent molecules from the suspending polymer solution into zeolite pores. The effect raises both the polymer concentration in the suspending medium and the particle volume fraction in the suspension. Consequently, both the viscosity of the polymer solution and the particle contribution to the suspension viscosity are increased. We propose a predictive model for the viscosity of porous zeolite suspensions by incorporating a solvent absorption parameter, α, into the Krieger–Dougherty model. We experimentally determined the solvent absorption parameter by comparing viscosity data for suspensions of porous and nonporous MFI zeolite particles. Our results are in good agreement with the theoretical pore volume of MFI particles.

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We are grateful to the ExxonMobil Corporation for the financial support for this work. We also wish to express our gratitude to Professors Bill Koros and Chris Jones for numerous discussions on this work.

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    Kayode O. Olanrewaju, Tae-Hyun Bae, Sankar Nair & Victor Breedveld

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Olanrewaju, K.O., Bae, TH., Nair, S. et al. The rheology of suspensions of porous zeolite particles in polymer solutions. Rheol Acta 53, 133–141 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-013-0746-y

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