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Yield stress and maximum packing fraction of concentrated suspensions

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The yield stress and features of the structure of concentrated suspensions based on silica flour, with particles of average diameter around 4 μm, were investigated in terms of a phenomenological model. The yield stress of a concentrated suspension of known solid volume concentration is estimated by employing a shear-dependent maximum packing fraction Φ m which is obtained by model fitting equilibrium viscosity data, and by incorporating a first-order kinetic equation. The model proposed was examined by using several mineral suspensions in which silica flour was mixed with metal oxide particles so that microstructural features of the suspensions could be adjusted. A cocoa fat suspension was also used as a test sample having radically different chemistry. The agreement between the model prediction and independently obtained experimental evidence is acceptable. Furthermore, a qualitative explanation is obtained by a scaling analysis in an effort to relate the model parameters with the suspension structure that stems from interactions among the suspension constituents.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, 3168, Clayton, Australia

    James Z. Q. Zhou &  Peter H. T. Uhlherr

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, 200237, Shanghai, P.R. China

    Fang Tunan Luo

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Zhou, J.Z.Q., Uhlherr, P.H.T. & Luo, F.T. Yield stress and maximum packing fraction of concentrated suspensions. Rheola Acta 34, 544–561 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00712315

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