THE NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR OF SURFACTANT-ACTIVATED ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL SUSPENSIONS

Kim YD; Klingenberg DJ

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.14, No.1, 23-29, January, 1997

The nonlinear electrorheological （ER） behavior of nonionic surfactant-activated ER suspensions is in vestigated. The influence of three nonionic surfactants (Brij 30, GMO, and GTO) on the electrorheological (ER) response of various alumina/silicone oil suspensions shows similar behavior. The prevalent feature common to all formulations is that the yield stress, Ք₀, initially increases with surfactant concentration, passes through a miximum, then decreases with surfactant concentration. The nonlinear behavior observed at large surfactant concentrations (i.e., τ₀ ＝ Eⁿ, where n<2) arises from field-induced phase separation of a surfactant-rich phase as opposed to field-dependent conductivity of a homogeneous continuous phase.

Keywords:Electrorheology;Surfactants;Colloid

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[Referenced By]

[1] Anderson RA, "Electrorheological Fluids," (Tao, R., Ed.), World Scientific, Singapore, 81 (1992)

[2] Anderson RA, Langmuir, 10(9), 2917 (1994)

[3] Block H, Kelly JP, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys., 21, 1661 (1988)

[4] Brosseau C, J. Appl. Phys., 70, 5544 (1991)

[5] Davis LC, Appl. Phys. Lett., 60, 319 (1992)

[6] Deinega YF, Vinogradov GV, Rheol. Acta, 23, 636 (1984)

[7] Felici N, Foulc JN, Atten P, "Electrorheological Fluids: Mechanisms, Properties, Technology, and Applications," (Tao, R. and Roy, G.D. Eds.), World Scientific, Singapore, 139 (1994)

[8] Felici N, IEEE Trans. Electr. Insul., 1, 233 (1985)

[9] Gast AP, Zukoski CF, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., 30, 153 (1989)

[10] Jordan TC, Shaw MT, IEEE Trans. Electr. Insul., 24, 849 (1989)

[11] Kim YD, "Non-ionic Surfactant-Activated Electrorheological Suspensions," Ph.D. Thesis, U. of Wisconsin (1996)

[12] Klingenberg DJ, Zukoski CF, Langmuir, 6, 15 (1990)

[13] Rosen MJ, "Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena," 2nd ed., Wiley, New York (1989)

[14] Shulman ZP, Gorodkin RG, Korobko EV, Gleb VK, J. Non-Newton. Fluid Mech., 8, 29 (1981)

[15] Weiss KD, Carlson JD, J. Intell. Sys. Struct., 4, 13 (1993)

[16] Winslow WM, J. Appl. Phys., 20, 1137 (1949)

[17] Zhu BY, Gu T, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., 37, 1 (1991)