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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 87, Issue 2, Pages 1689-1695Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.09.077
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Pullulan; Sodium alginate; Rheological; Generalization Maxwell model
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- National High Technology Research and Development program of china (863) [2007AA10Z362]
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Rheological properties of pullulan, sodium alginate and blend solutions were studied at 20 degrees C. using steady shear and dynamic oscillatory measurements. The intrinsic viscosity of pure sodium alginate solution was 7.340 dl/g, which was much higher than that of pure pullulan (0.436 dl/g). Pure pullulan solution showed Newtonian behavior between 0.1 and 100 s(-1) shear rate range. However, increasing sodium alginate concentration in pullulan-alginate blend solution led to a shear-thinning behavior. The effect of temperature on viscosities of all solutions was well-described by Arrhenius equation. Results from dynamical frequency sweep showed that pure sodium alginate and blend solutions at 4% (w/w) polymer concentration were viscoelastic liquid, whereas the pure pullulan exhibited Newtonian behavior. The mechanical properties of pure sodium alginate and pullulan-alginate mixture were analyzed using the generalized Maxwell model and their relaxation spectra were determined. Correlation between dynamic and steady-shear viscosity was analyzed with the empirical Cox-Merz rule. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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