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Light scattering calculations based on Anomalous Diffraction Theory (AD), Rayleigh spheroids, and flexible macromolecules are used to propose a phenomenological explanation for the relationship between shear-thickening and structure formation in polymer solutions. Quantitative comparisons are made to experimental data for the rheo-optical behavior of fractionated polystyrene solutions presented in part I of this paper. Results from the ADA calculations suggest that the viscosity and dichroism behavior can be attributed to the production and growth of micron-size, optically isotropic structures during flow. The saturation dichroism behavior exhibited by the solutions which shear thin can be attributed to the formation of entanglement regions which achieve a fixed size and act as Rayleigh spheroids in their scattering behavior. The magnitude and shear rate dependence of the observed birefringence can be accounted for on the basis of the non-linear, flexible macromolecule model, implying that birefringence is governed by the polymer chains remaining in solution which do not take part in the structure formation. The latter result is consistent with the experimental observation that the birefringence dependence on shear rate is the same whether the solution exhibits shear thickening or shear thinning in its viscosity behavior.
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Kishbaugh, A.J., McHugh, A.J. A rheo-optical study of shear-thickening and structure formation in polymer solutions. Part II: Light scattering analysis. Rheola Acta 32, 115–131 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00366675
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