ISSN:
1572-9567
Keywords:
critical phenomena
;
cyclohexane
;
polystyrene
;
shear modulus
;
ultrasonics
;
viscosity
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Ultrasonic shear measurements were conducted on polystyrene-cyclohexane solutions at 3, 51, and 252 kHz using the crystal fork and torsion methods. The real and imaginary parts of the complex shear modulus above the critical point are compared with modified theoretical expressions derived within the framework of the decoupled-mode theory. For this comparison, a background part was assumed to be described by a scaling form proposed by de Gennes. Numerical analysis of the data shows a satisfactory agreement between the theory and the experiments for ultrasonic shear data over a wide range of reduced frequencyω ... In addition, it is shown that the description of the simple viscosity dynamical scaling function is broken at a high-frequency limit.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01133534
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