Improved viscosity-concentration equation for emulsions of nearly spherical droplets

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dc.creatorMendoza, Carlos I.
dc.creatorSantamaria-Holek, I.
dc.date2009-03-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:58:37Z
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dc.descriptionWe propose an improved viscosity model accounting for experiments of emulsions of two immiscible liquids at arbitrary volume fractions and low shear rates. The model is based on a recursive-differential method formulated in terms of the appropriate scaling variable which emerges from an analysis of excluded volume effects in the system. This variable, called the effective filling fraction, incorporates the geometrical information of the system which determines the maximum packing and reduces to the bare filling fraction for infinitely diluted emulsions. The agreement of our model for the viscosity with experiments is remarkable for all the range of volume fractions and viscosity ratio.
dc.description8 pages plus 5 figures. Submitted to Applied Rheology
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5507
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5507
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/225303
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.titleImproved viscosity-concentration equation for emulsions of nearly spherical droplets
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