ISSN:
0098-1273
Keywords:
Physics
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Physics
Notes:
Rheological and rheo-optical data are reported for the poly(terephthalamide of p-aminobenzhydrazide), X-500, in dimethyl sulfoxide solutions in the concentration range 0.2 to 6.0 g/100 ml. The objective of these measurements is to seek evidence of shear-induced isotropic → nematic phase transition. Three types of measurement, Couette, cone and plate, and capillary rheometer, all indicate that this system exhibits flow instabilities at high shear rates and concentrations. In this region both the viscosity and the primary normal stress difference decrease with time under shear. In the capillary rheometer the apparent viscosity is smaller for shorter capillaries and, for short capillaries, there is a range of shear rates in which plug flow and a coiled extrudate are observed. These instabilities may arise from the existence of a mixture of isotropic and nematic phases. At lower shear rates, where the flow behavior appears normal, the concentration dependence of the flow birefringence increases at a critical polymer concentration Cp* This value is in reasonable accord with the concentration corresponding to the change of slope of logη (measured at low shear rate) vs. logCp. Both the latter measurements appear to be sensitive to the onset of the phenomenon, which may be due to a shear-induced transition or the rheological effect of chain entanglements.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1979.180171003
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