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We investigated an explanation for the length dependence of apparent wall slip in capillary and slit die experiments that had been implied in earlier studies. Firstly, we used a very long slit die fitted with six equidistant pressure transducers and an adjustable outlet. It was found that, all other parameters being equal, the impact of pressure on the flow behavior of suspensions was not different from the impact on the unfilled matrix fluid. Particle-related properties, such as apparent wall slip, were therefore not influenced by pressure as assumed by other authors. Secondly, we determined wall slip velocities by both the Mooney method and numerical simulation, based on an implementation of Phillips constitutive equation for particle migration. This led to a similar length dependence of wall slip as had been reported in an earlier work. We concluded that this was due to the transient nature of particle migration and its interrelationship with apparent wall slip, rather than an influence of pressure.
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We thank Dr. Bernhard Hochstein from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology for valuable discussion, especially regarding the slit die experiments.
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Pieper, S., Kirchhoff, N. & Schmid, HJ. Absence of pressure sensitivity of apparent wall slip in pressure-driven flow of non-colloidal suspensions. Rheol Acta 54, 69–75 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-014-0815-x
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