Utilization of a Phosphate Ester as a Dispersant for SiAlON Based Ceramics

2007 ◽  
Vol 554 ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Ceylan ◽  
E. Suvaci ◽  
Hasan Mandal

Aqueous dispersions of SiAlON forming powders (Si3N4, AlN and Y2O3) were obtained. Dispersibility of powders was found to be improved by addition of sodium tripolyphosphate. Stable aqueous suspensions of SiAlON forming powders were prepared by using a phosphate ester, sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP, Na5P3O10). Effect of the STPP on rheological properties of the powder mixture was investigated by zeta potential measurements, sedimentation and milling studies. It has been shown that addition of the STPP to the aqueous SiAlON forming powder mixture improves the dispersion behavior significantly. These results suggest that STPP can be utilized as a dispersant in such ceramic systems.

2015 ◽  
Vol 645-646 ◽  
pp. 394-399
Author(s):  
Wei Gao ◽  
Qi Long Wei ◽  
Ling Ding ◽  
Xiao Yuan Li ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
...  

A multi-scale method was developed, which utilized intrinsic relationships among zeta potential of particles, rheological properties of suspensions and particle size distribution (PSD), to analyze dispersion behavior of nanoparticles in concentrated suspensions. It was found that PSD of a kind of nanoceria particles by dynamic light scattering (DLS) method in solution A with concentration 5 wt% accorded well with that by direct TEM analysis, which meant the particles had been dispersed well. However, there had a significant difference when the concentration was increased to 20 wt%. When particles concentration increased from 5 wt% to 20 wt%, zeta potential in solution A changed from-150 mV to-100 mV, while zeta potential in solution B changed from-35mV to-45 mV. Variations of zeta potential of particles accorded well with rheological properties of suspensions too, from phenomenological models. When the suspensions composed by solution A and the nanoparticles with concentration about 20 wt% was diluted with its original solution to 5 wt%, the PSD of nanoceria could be measured indirectly, which accorded well with both that of a suspension prepared directly with near concentration and that from TEM images. Then a method to measure PSD of nanoparticles in concentrated suspension was brought forward.


2013 ◽  
Vol 668 ◽  
pp. 178-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong Li ◽  
Qi Cheng Liu ◽  
An Ming Chen ◽  
Jun Feng ◽  
Tao Feng

This paper aims at solving the poor rheology of clay-water- acid-resistant overglaze slip. Natronite, tripolyphosphate sodium and composite deflocculant compounded of sodium natronite and sodium tripolyphosphate in proportion of 1:2 respectively were taken as deflocculants, and single-factor test and ring test were used to measure the variations in zeta-potential, viscosity and thixotropic. The results show that 0.3% of the composite deflocculants are better than any other single deflocculants on clay-water-acid-resistant overglaze slip, which has a better liquidity, a better thixotropy and a better stability that can avoid defects on glaze such as crawling, pinhole, hard spot, focal spot. Some factual and theoretic bases can be provided for enamel industry.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1085
Author(s):  
Williams Leiva ◽  
Norman Toro ◽  
Pedro Robles ◽  
Edelmira Gálvez ◽  
Ricardo Ivan Jeldres

This research aims to analyze the impact of sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) as a rheological modifier of concentrated kaolin slurries in seawater at pH 8, which is characteristic of copper sulfide processing operations. The dispersion phenomenon was analyzed through chord length measurements using the focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) technique, complementing size distributions in unweighted and square-weighted modes. The reduction of the rheological properties was significant, decreasing from 231 Pa in a reagent-free environment to 80 Pa after the application of STPP. A frequency sweep in a linear viscoelastic regime indicated that by applying a characteristic dosage of 0.53 kg/t of STPP, the pulp before yielding increases its phase angle, which increases its liquid-like character. Measurements of the chord length verified the dispersion of particles, which showed an apparent increase in the proportion of fine particles and a reduction of the coarser aggregates when STPP was applied. Measurements of the zeta potential suggested that the high anionic charge of the reagent (pentavalent) increases the electrostatic repulsions between particles, overcoming the effect of cations in seawater. The results are relevant for the mining industry, especially when the deposits have high contents of complex gangues, such as clays, that increase the rheological properties. This increases the energy costs and water consumption needed for pumping the tailings from thickeners to the tailing storages facilities. The strategies that allow for the improvement of the fluidity and deformation of the tailings generate slack in order to maximize water recovery in the thickening stages.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoila Rosa Nieto Galván ◽  
Lucas de Souza Soares ◽  
Eber Antonio Alves Medeiros ◽  
Nilda de Fátima Ferreira Soares ◽  
Afonso Mota Ramos ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Florina A. SILAGHI ◽  
Alessandro GIUNCHI ◽  
Angelo FABBRI ◽  
Luigi RAGNI

The control of ice cream powder mixture production is carried out evaluating the ice cream liquid phase. The present study was conduced on ice cream and unfrozen liquid phase in order to indirectly evaluate the rheological properties by measuring the powder mixture. The calibration set was formed by samples with different percentage of thickeners, maintaining constant the concentration of the other remaining compounds. After the NIR acquisitions the powders were mixed with warm milk, blended and than settled in order to obtain the unfrozen liquid phase needed for the rheological measurements. For each recipe three batches were prepared. The flow curves were evaluated by using the Ostwald de Waele’s equation and the goodness of fit was evaluated by the R2, which was above 0.95. Predictive models of rheological parameters were set up by means of PLS regressions in order to predict the consistency coefficient (K) and the flow behavior index (n) from spectral acquisitions. High correlation of calibration was found for both parameters and NIR spectra obtaining R2 of 0.884 for K and 0.874 for n. The good prediction of the models encourages applying them to reduce significantly the time of the powder mixing control during production.


1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1915-1920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurier L. Schramm ◽  
Loren G. Hepler

We have measured (du Nouy ring and maximum bubble pressure methods) suspension–air surface tensions of aqueous suspensions of montmorillonite and have observed that these surface tensions are larger than those of pure water at the same temperatures. Further measurements have shown that dispersed montmorillonite also increases the suspension–toluene interfacial tension compared with that of pure water–toluene. Similar measurements on aqueous suspensions of kaolinite have yielded suspension–air interfacial tensions with uncertainties as large as the observed (small) effect, and also shown that the suspension–toluene interfacial tension is decreased (opposite to the effect of montmorillonite) by amounts larger than the experimental uncertainties. Measurements of maximum bubble pressures at different flow rates have provided information about the effect of surface age on observed surface tensions.


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