Abstract
Rheological properties of hydrophobically modified copolymer of SO 2, N,N-diallyl-N-carboethoxymethylammonium chloride and the hydrophobic monomer N,N-diallyl-N-octadecylammonium chloride were studied. The influence of hydrophobe content (HP) and polymer concentration was investigated. Polymers with HP content in the range 1.5-5% were examined and the concentration was varied in the range 2-5 wt%. Both dynamic and steady-shear experiments were performed in ARES rheometer. Copolymers were observed to exhibit typical viscoelastic behavior even with low HP content. Both the dynamic viscosity, η′ and storage modulus, G′, increase with the increase of both the polymer concentration and the HP content of the system. The viscosity of the high HP content polymer showed a strong shear dependency, while G′ was a weak function of frequency and gel-like behavior was observed. The zero-shear viscosity, η0, showed a strong concentration dependency (η0 ∼ θα; 1. 1 < α < 5.9). The concentration dependency of η0 suggests that intermolecular association is dominant in the high HP content polymer. Control of the HP content and polymer concentration of this class of polymers can lead to a wide range of interesting rheological properties.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2472-2482 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | European Polymer Journal |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Authors would like to acknowledge the support of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Authors are also thankful to Mr. Y. Umar. The ARES rheometer used in this study was funded by KFUPM Project # CHE/Rheology/223.
Keywords
- Hydrophobe content
- Hydrophobically modified polyelectrolytes
- Intermolecular association
- Rheology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Materials Chemistry