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JOURNAL OF RHEOLOGY
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 149-164Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1122/1.551073
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In this work the viscosity of a model blend, composed of poly-isobutene and polydimethyilsiloxane, has been measured at two different temperatures and for a wide range of blend compositions and shear rates. Cone and plate and capillary measurements showed a good overlap in the shear rate window accessible to both instruments. The experimental results have been compared to the predictions of two emulsion models [Frankel and Acrivos (1970), Choi and Schowalter (1975)], and of some simple, empirical mixing rules. Good quantitative agreement was found between the data and the Frankel-Acrivos model, once the correct dependency of the droplet radius upon shear rate is accounted for. To this end, droplet radii were independently determined by viscoelastic measurements upon cessation of steady shear flow. The Frankel-Acrivos model is also able to predict the change from a positive to a negative deviation from the ideal mixing rule for increasing shear rates, which is a typical feature of polymer blends. (C) 2000 The Society of Rheology. [S0148-6055(00)00901-9].
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