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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS
Volume 297, Issue 1-3, Pages 142-146Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.10.038
Keywords
electrorheology; suspensions silica; nanoparticles; urea; N,N-dimethylformamide; electrorheological efficiency
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In this study, electrorheological (ER) behaviour of suspensions of silica nanoparticles treated with urea and N,N-dimethylforTnamide in DC electric field has been investigated. While the ER effect of the neat silica was very low, its modification improved compatibility of the solid and liquid phase and considerably increased ER activity of the system. The dependence of the dynamic yield stress tau(0) on the electric field strength E obeyed the power law tau(0) = qE(alpha), where the exponent a depended on the intensity of solidification of the suspension in the electric field. The 25 wt.% fluid showed a high absolute value of dynamic yield stress, but its relative increase due to high field-off value was much lower than for 20 wt.% suspension, so the latter is more suitable for practical applications. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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