Effects of Particle Size on Soft Lithography Process,the Green and Sintered Micro Alumina Parts

Alumina micro parts were fabricated using powders in particle sizes of 1 μm, 2.0 μm, and 12.0 μm. The effects of particle size on soft lithography process, green bodies, and sintered characteristics were investigated, including process parameters affecting homogeneous and smooth surface. The effects of particle size were analyzed through suspensions, green, and sintered properties. It was found that the stability of suspensions, sintered density, Vickers micro hardness, surface roughness and edges resolution are significantly improved with the decrease in particle size. On the other hand, suspension viscosity, green density and shrinkage are degraded with the use of finer particles.     

Characterization of rheological properties of colloidal zirconia

Dynamic viscosity of aqueous suspensions of nanosized zirconia (ZrO₂) have been studied for the low volume fraction range. The specific surface area of dry powder was determined from the BET method. The zeta potential of zirconia particles as a function of pH was measured by the microelectrophoretic method. The isoelectric point found in this way was 4.7. The particle density in aqueous suspensions was found by the dilution method. The dynamic viscosity of suspensions was measured by using a capillary viscometer that eliminated the sedimentation effects. Experimental data showed that for dilute zirconia suspension, the relative viscosity increased more rapidly with the volume fraction than that the Einstein formula predicts. This allowed one to calculate the specific hydrodynamic volume of particles in the suspensions and their apparent density. It was found that particles forming zirconia suspensions were composed of aggregates having porosity of 40–50%. The size of the primary particles forming these aggregates was 0.2 μm that agrees well with the BET specific surface data. The influence of an anionic polyelectrolyte:polysodium 4-styrenesulfonate (PSS) on zirconia suspension viscosity also was studied. First the PSS viscosity alone was measured as a function of its volume fraction for various ionic strength of the solutions. The data were interpreted in terms of the flexible rod model of the polyelectrolyte. Then, the viscosity of ZrO₂ in PSS solutions of fixed concentration was measured as a function of the concentration of zirconia. It was revealed that the viscosity of the mixtures was proportional to the product of the zirconia and polyelectrolyte viscosities taken separately.     

油酸、聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯修饰可磁化颗粒的磁流变液的流变行为

主要研究了拥有相同极性基团不同长度的非极性基团的表面活性剂对磁流变液流变行为的影响。分别以油酸、聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯修饰后的羰基铁粉为可磁化颗粒,硅油为载液,经过超声分散制备磁流变液。黏度测试表明,低速剪切时,颗粒表面表面活性剂层的空间位阻作用（熵斥力）起主导作用,黏度降低;高速剪切时,表面活性剂层又会增大颗粒的内摩擦,使黏度增加。通过流变模型的定量分析也印证了上述结论。磁流变测试表明,油酸为表面活性剂的磁流变液对磁场有更强烈的响应,形成更强的链束结构,屈服应力增大,而聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯的作用相反。两种表面活性剂都明显改善磁流变液的沉降稳定性能,降低了沉降速率与最终沉降量。本研究为磁流变液表面活性剂的选用提供了参考。     

DNP/HMX熔铸炸药的流变性能

为了解3,4-二硝基吡唑(DNP)/HMX悬浮液在不同影响因素下的流变行为,采用Brookfield R/S Plus流变仪对其流变性能进行测试,分析了HMX含量、粒度、颗粒级配、体系温度以及不同添加剂对悬浮液流变性能的影响。结果表明,DNP单质为牛顿流体,表观黏度约为16.4mPa·s,比TNT高82%,比DNAN高140%;同一剪切速率下,DNP/HMX悬浮液表观黏度随固含量的增加而增加,当HMX质量分数为30%时,悬浮液近似牛顿流体;HMX质量分数高于30%时,表观黏度随剪切速率的增加呈指数型下降的趋势愈发明显;悬浮液表观黏度随颗粒粒径的增大和温度的增加而降低,当温度从95℃升到105℃时,黏流活化能(E)从29211J/mol增至38458J/mol;固含量为60%时,平均粒径(d50)分别为16.6μm和575.6μm的HMX颗粒的最佳质量比为1∶5,此时悬浮液表观黏度最小。N-甲基-4-硝基苯胺(MNA)降低了悬浮液的表观黏度,乙酸丁酸纤维素(CAB)和微晶蜡-80(MV80)增加了悬浮液的表观黏度。     

Derivatives of biomacromolecules as stabilizers of aqueous alumina suspensions

The stabilization of alumina suspensions is key to the development of high‐performance materials for the ceramic industry, which has motivated extensive research into synthetic polymers used as stabilizers. In this study, mimosa tannin extract and a chitosan derivative, that is, macromolecules obtained from renewable resources, are shown to be promising to replace synthetic polymers, yielding less viscous suspensions with smaller particles and greater fluidity, that is, more homogeneous suspensions that may lead to better‐quality products. The functional groups of tannin present in mimosa extract and N,N,N‐trimethylchitosan (TMC) are capable of establishing interactions with the alumina surface, thus leading to repulsion between the particles mainly due to steric and electrosteric mechanisms, respectively. The stabilization of the suspension induced by either TMC or mimosa tannin was confirmed by a considerable decrease in viscosity and average particle size, in comparison with alumina suspensions without stabilizing agents. The viscosity/average particle size decreased by 49/84% and 52/87% for suspensions with TMC and mimosa tannin, respectively. In addition, the increase in the absolute zeta potential upon addition of either TMC or mimosa tannin extract, especially at high pHs, points to an increased stability of the suspension. The feasibility of using derivatives of macromolecules from renewable sources to stabilize aqueous alumina suspensions was therefore demonstrated. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2010     

Particle‐laden liquid jet impingement on a moving substrate

The impingement of high speed jets on a moving surface was studied. The jet fluids were dilute suspensions of neutrally buoyant particles in water–glycerin solutions. At these low particle concentrations, the suspensions have Newtonian fluid viscosity. A variety of jet and surface velocities, solution properties, nozzle diameters, mean particle sizes, and volume fractions were studied. For each case the splash‐deposition threshold was quantified. It was observed that for jets with very small particles, addition of solids to the jet enhances deposition and postpones splash relative to a particle‐free water–glycerin solution with the same viscosity. In contrast, jets with larger particles in suspension were more prone to splash than single phase jets of the same viscosity. It is speculated that the change in character of the splash response for the jets with larger particles in suspension occurs when the particle diameter is comparable to the lamella thickness. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 63: 4673–4684, 2017     

Particle size distributions and viscosity of suspensions undergoing shear-induced coagulation and fragmentation

The dynamic behavior of concentrated suspensions (up to a solids volume fraction of 20%) of non-spherical particles is investigated theoretically by coupling a rheological law to a population balance model accounting for coagulation and fragmentation of the detailed particle size distribution. In these suspensions, the immobilization of matrix liquid renders the viscosity dependent on the particle aggregation state. The effect of initial solids volume concentration and shear rate on the transient behavior of particle size distribution and suspension viscosity is examined. Power law correlations for the equilibrium flow curves of aggregating suspensions are deduced and compared to experimental data. Steady-state or equilibrium particle size distributions are found to be self-preserving with respect to solids volume fraction and shear rate.     

Effects of a strong polyelectrolyte on the rheological properties of concentrated cementitious suspensions

Strong polyelectrolytes, referred to as superplasticizers, are known to improve the initial fluidity of concentrated cement suspensions. To quantify how the polyelectrolytes affect the fluidity, we have studied the effect of a strong anionic polyelectrolyte, melamine formaldehyde sulfonate (MFS), on the zeta potential of cement particles and on the steady-shear and low-amplitude rheological properties of cement suspensions. Adsorption of low concentrations of MFS onto the cement particles leads to an inversion in the sign of the surface potential, causing the electrostatically flocculated particles to become electrostatically dispersed and giving rise to a corresponding decrease in the steady-shear viscosity and storage modulus. At an intermediate MFS concentration, the steady-shear viscosity and the storage modulus each display a minimum. This concentration corresponds to that at which the zeta potential becomes constant. Larger concentrations of MFS result in an increase in the viscosity and storage modulus, which is attributed to depletion flocculation. These results thus relate the interaction between particles to the suspension fluidity through the analysis on the surface potential of particles and microstructure of suspension.     

Concentrated suspension-based additive manufacturing – viscosity,packing density,and segregation

This paper describes the influence of particle size distribution (PSD) of refractory silica on the suspension viscosity, packing density, and segregation in layers solidified by ceramic stereolithography (CerSLA). Using bimodal PSD displays most significant decrease of suspension viscosity than suspension made of mono-modal PSD. Given the Krieger-Dougherty model and packing density experiment, the lower viscosity results from the higher maximum volume fraction, φ_m, reached through the closely packed particles. Furthermore, from the differential sedimentation of coarser or denser particles in suspensions, particle size segregation in layers is detected. To determine the distribution of particle size within each layer, a linear intercept method is used, which demonstrates the vertical changes in PSD. Mono–modal PSD case show severe segregations in solidified layers in which the population of larger or denser particles is greater near the bottom. However, much less segregation occurs with bimodal PSD due to suppressed segregation.     

VISCOSITY OF CONCENTRATED SUSPENSIONS OF SPHERE/ROD MIXTURES†

The relative viscosity of concentrated suspensions of mixtures of rodlike and spherical particles are measured by falling-ball rheometry. The suspensions are well mixed and homogeneous in the sense that the particles are well dispersed and the rods are randomly oriented. For a constant total volume fraction of solids, the addition of spheres to suspensions of rods results in large decrease in the relative viscosity of the suspension. In these experiments the length of the suspended rods is approximately 10 times the diameter of the suspended spheres. Due to this difference in the characteristic sizes of the two types of particles, the spheres may be considered as part of the suspending homogeneous continuum. A simple model based on this physical picture, after Farris [1968], is very successful in predicting the relative viscosity of the mixed suspensions.     

Surface Chemistry and Rheology of Electrostatically (Ionically) Stabilized Alumina Suspensions in Polar Organic Media

Alumina particles were dispersed in ethanol (EtOH) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The surface chemistry and interparticle forces were manipulated by controlling the ionic strength of the suspensions without dispersants. The effects of the chemical nature of the solvents and the concentration of dispersed particles on the suspension rheology were evaluated. It was observed that the viscosity of suspensions decreased with increasing salt concentration. Solvent type also had a marked influence on the suspension rheology. Interparticle interactions were calculated and used to describe the rheological behavior.     

Experimental characterization and population balance modelling of the dense silica suspensions aggregation process

Concentrated suspensions of nanoparticles subjected to transport or shear forces are commonly encountered in many processes where particles are likely to undergo processes of aggregation and fragmentation under physico-chemical interactions and hydrodynamic forces. This study is focused on the analysis of the behavior of colloidal silica in dense suspensions subjected to hydrodynamic forces in conditions of destabilization.A colloidal silica suspension of particles with an initial size of about 80 nm was used. The silica suspension concentration was varied between 3% and 20% of weight. The phenomenon of aggregation was observed in the absence of any other process such as precipitation and the destabilization of the colloidal suspensions was obtained by adding sodium chloride salt.The experiments were performed in a batch agitated vessel. The evolution of the particle size distributions versus time during the process of aggregation was particularly followed on-line by acoustic spectroscopy in dense conditions. Samples were also analyzed after an appropriate dilution by laser diffraction. The results show the different stages of the silica aggregation process whose kinetic rates depend either on physico-chemical parameters or on hydrodynamic conditions. Then, the study is completed by a numerical study based on the population balance approach. By the fixed pivot technique of Kumar and Ramkrishna [1996. On the solution of population balance equations by discretization—I. A fixed pivot technique. Chemical Engineering Science 51 (8), 1311-1332], the hypothesis on the mechanisms of the aggregation and breakage processes were justified. Finally, it allows a better understanding of the mechanisms of the aggregation process under flowing conditions.     

Effect of dispersion states (electrostatic/electrosteric stabilization) on particles arrangement in the yttria-stabilized zirconia sediments

In the present work, particle arrangement and their packing in the sediment layer of zirconia suspension were studied. To evaluate the particle settling, aqueous suspensions of zirconia nanoparticles were prepared in different dispersion states. In one state, Dolapix CE64 was used as a dispersant to provide electrosteric mechanism. In another state, pH of the suspension was adjusted at 4 to provide electrostatic mechanism. The other state was the combination of dispersant and pH adjustment which resulted in the most stable suspension. First of all, the stability of all dispersion states was evaluated by zeta potential, sediment volume (SV) and height, viscosity, and packing density (PD). Then, the sediment layers of all suspensions were characterized. Incorporation of electrostatic mechanism was resulted in a main decrease in viscosity with high surface charges, while electrosteric mechanism caused lower sedimentation of particles. Fall velocities of particles/agglomerates were estimated, and the influences of dispersion states on the particles fall velocities were characterized. The microstructural observation revealed homogeneous packing of particles in the sediment layer of the stable suspension demonstrating the proper dispersion of particles. Dolapix CE64 and pH adjustment resulted in a uniform arrangement of particles without agglomeration and spherical and regular granules with a uniform shape.     

Model filled rubber. I: Effect of particle morphology on suspension rheology

Monodispersed polystyrene (PS) particels, crosslinked with divinylbenzene (DVB), were prepared by emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization. The colloidal-suspension rheology of a low-molecular-weight liquid polysulfide, which is used in commercial sealants, filled with these PS particles varying in size and particle-crosslink density, was studied. At low frequencies or shear rates, the dynamic moduli and viscosity increased as particle diameter decreased from 1.25 to 0.315 μm or particle crosslink density increased from 0 to 5 mole% DVB. We suggest that particle-particle interactions are dominant and lead to the formation of clusters in the concentrated suspension. Rheological properties associated with network buildup in suspensions were most sensitively monitored by a kinetic-recovery experiment. The strength of, as well as the tendency for, cluster network formation in the colloidal suspensions increases with decreasing particle size, and increasing particle-crosslink density, or decreasing surface roughness.     

Rheology and sedimentation velocity of alkaline suspensions of hematite particles at elevated temperature

This study aims to characterize the sedimentation velocity and the rheology of suspensions of hematite particles suspended in strongly alkaline media at 100 and 110 °C, as done for an alternative electrochemical process in development for iron production by direct electrode reduction of hematite. Considering the medium used in the process, i.e. 12% (v/v) suspension of hematite particles in 50% sodium hydroxide aqueous, the sedimentation velocity of hematite particle at 110 °C is 0.010 mm/s, which is very slow because the average size of the solid particles is around 10 μm and the significant collisions and interactions occuring between the particles in the concentrated suspension. Two geometries were used to characterize the rheological behavior of the apparent viscosity of the suspension of 12% (v/v) (i.e. 33 wt%) at 100 °C: a conventional Couette geometry and a helical ribbon mixer. The suspension was found shear thinning in the range of shear rate studied. The rheological behavior of the suspension can be described by a power-law model. The apparent viscosity of the hematite suspension estimated at a shear rate between 0.5 and 10 s⁻¹ is between 100 and 20 mPa s for the two geometries. The apparent viscosity calculated from the terminal velocity of 10 μm particles is of the same order of magnitude of the results obtained with the two rheometer configurations. The effect of the particle concentration on the sedimentation velocity and viscosity of the hematite suspensions was also studied.     

Further observations on the rheological behaviour of dense suspensions

The literature and recent WSL results on suspensions of spherical particles are surveyed and summarised. It is concluded that the steady shear properties of a dense suspension is not characterised by an unique viscosity or flow curve, but rather it is described by a wide viscosity distribution or a shear stress - shear rate flow band whose mean and standard deviation are functions of solids concentration, particle size distribution and viscometric geometry and dimensions. The standard deviation (or data spread) increases with solids concentration and with decreasing viscometer gap to particle diameter ratio. This property is due to poor sample reproducibility in respect of solids concentration and particle size distribution and the inherent two-phase nature of suspension which gives rise to particle migration and consequently non-uniform packing density or structure in a sample. Because a dense suspension is increasingly sensitive to these factors as concentration is increased, the standard deviation can be very large. Because the details of packing structure vary with flow, the viscosity distribution or flow band depends on viscometric flow geometry and measuring element dimensions. The implications of this conclusion on the study and characterisation of dense suspension property and the prediction of its behaviour in industrial handling and process equipment are discussed.     

Influence of Acidity on the Stability and Rheological Properties of Ionically Stabilized Alumina Suspensions in Ethanol

The ionic stability of alumina particles in moderately concentrated ethanol suspensions is studied. Surface chemistry and interparticle forces are manipulated by controlling the acidity of the suspensions without dispersants. The acidity of ethanol solution is determined using ion transfer functions, wherein the relationships between acidity, alumina particle surface charge, zeta-potential, stability, and suspension rheological behavior are established. Positive isoelectric point (IEP) shift is observed for alumina in ethanol on increasing the solids concentration. However, dilute and concentrated aqueous suspensions of alumina give the same IEP. The viscosity and flow curves for alumina/ethanol suspensions are acidity dependent. The flow curves of the suspensions follow the Casson model, and the Casson yield value is used to evaluate suspension stability.     

A theoretical and experimental study of the crossflow microfiltration process of silica particles in an aqueous suspension

This work presents a theoretical and experimental analysis of a crossflow microfiltration process of silica particles in suspension. The silica suspensions were 0.001 M of NaCl with a pH of 6 (to maintain a constant ionic force within the medium to produce a stable silica particle suspension) for three different concentrations of silica particles: 100, 300, and 500 mg L⁻¹. The membrane used in the crossflow microfiltration experiments was a commercial polymeric membrane, microporous, asymmetric with a nominal pore diameter of 0.2 µm, manufactured by OSMONICS (Minnetonka, MN). The experiments were performed in a bench scale crossflow microfiltration system with a flat rectangular membrane cell. The permeate flux was obtained as a function of the transmembrane pressure, the crossflow velocities, and the silica particles concentration. The mathematical model describing the process takes into account the variation of the physical properties of the suspension (dynamic viscosity and mass diffusivity) with the silica concentration. The experimental data are used to predict the maximum silica concentration at the membrane surface as a function of the operating conditions.     

凝聚剂对氧化铁悬浮液流变性的影响

应用LVDV-Ⅲ+型可编程流变仪测定了凝聚剂对氧化铁悬浮液的流变特性的影响。实验结果表明,高价凝聚剂对于悬浮液颗粒的凝聚能力要比低价凝聚剂更加明显;随着凝聚剂浓度的增加,悬浮液颗粒的凝聚程度也相应增加;凝聚剂种类的不同,对于悬浮液流变性能的影响也不同,高价凝聚剂对于悬浮液流变性能的影响比低价凝聚剂大。在相同剪切速率下,添加高价凝聚剂悬浮液的表观粘度和剪切应力都大于添加低价凝聚剂悬浮液的表观粘度和剪切应力;凝聚剂浓度的不同,对于悬浮液流变性能的影响也不同。在相同剪切速率下,添加高浓度凝聚剂悬浮液的表观粘度和剪切应力都大于添加低浓度凝聚剂悬浮液的表观粘度和剪切应力,增加凝聚剂浓度对提高悬浮液粘着性能具有积极意义。