摘要
1 INTRODUCTIONThe suspensions employed in ceramic processing arehighly concentrated.These suspensions are normallyknown as slip or slurry in materials science and engi-neering.It is of great interest that concentrated sus-pension exhibit many of the phenomena of very dilutecolloidal suspensions.This is probably because boththe suspension systems have charged particles,so thatthe principles of colloid chemistry can be applied forthem.
The influence of pH on the rheological properties of concentrated alumina suspensions was investigated. At various pH values, the alumina exhibited pseudoplastic, near Bingham flow behaviors. The fully-deflocculated suspensions exhibited Newtonian flow behaviors, while the fully-flocculated suspensions demonstrated very high viscosity and shear yield stress.
基金
Partly supported by Scientific Research Foundation for Returned Overseas Scholars from State Education Committee of China
