Korelacja skuteczności działania środków dyspergujących o różnym mechanizmie upłynniania

Effective borehole sealing depends on many properties of the cement slurry. The rheological parameters are the most important. Designing the cement slurry with the required values of plastic viscosity, yield point or consistency coefficient contributes to the efficient performance of the cementing procedure and allows for effective filling of the cemented space outside the tubing. In order to adjust rheological parameters to technological requirements, dispersants are used. The operation of these plasticizers or superplasticizers is related to their chemical structure, which determines their liquefaction mechanism. Therefore, in order to properly select a fluidizing agent, it is beneficial to become familiar with its mechanism of operation, thanks to which it will be possible to use the optimal amounts for a given cement slurry recipe. The publication discusses the effectiveness of dispersing agents depending on their liquefaction mechanism. The research work carried out consisted in the modification of the cement slurry with the use of sodium salts of polycondensates of naphthalene sulfonic acids and a polymer dispersant based on carboxylates. Amounts of dispersant ranging from 0.05% (bwoc) to 1.0% (bwoc) were used. The rheological parameters described by means of five rheological models, i.e. Newton, Bingham, Ostwald de Waele, Casson and Herschele-Bulkley, were tested for the cement slurries. The main goal of the work presented in the article was to conduct a correlation analysis of the change in rheological parameters of slurries modified with dispersants belonging to different groups depending on their liquefaction mechanism. Thanks to this, it was possible to indicate the effectiveness of the dispersing additives depending on the amount of the fluid used belonging to a specific group. The work carried out is helpful in determining the optimal amount of dispersing agent depending on its type (mechanism of action).

Polymer-dispersant-stabilized Ag nanofluids for heat transfer applications

One-step wet chemical method has been employed for the synthesis of silver (Ag) nanofluids followed by the preparation of polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and PVP–PVA mixed-dispersant-stabilized nanofluids by varying the concentration ratio of dispersants for the viscosity and thermal conductivity analysis. The optical absorption studies indicate the presence of nanoparticles in the prepared fluids (or the formation of the silver nanoparticles). The shape and size of the nanoparticles are confirmed by the field emission scanning electron microscopy, and the particle size distribution and zeta potential analysis were carried out by using dynamic light scattering. It is observed that the thermal conductivity of Ag nanofluids increases with an increase in the dispersant concentration with respect to the temperature. The maximum thermal conductivity enhancement of Ag nanofluids was observed in the presence of an equimolar ratio of PVP–PVA (1:1:1) blends as stabilizers. Graphic abstract

Laser-Induced Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes in Fiber Optic Tips of MMI Devices

The integration of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) into optical fibers allows the application of their unique properties in robust and versatile devices. Here, we present a laser-induced technique to obtain the deposition of CNTs onto the fiber optics tips of multimode interference (MMI) devices. An MMI device is constructed by splicing a section of no-core fiber (NCF) to a single-mode fiber (SMF). The tip of the MMI device is immersed into a liquid solution of CNTs and laser light is launched into the MMI device. CNTs solutions using water and methanol as solvents were tested. In addition, the use of a polymer dispersant polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) in the CNTs solutions was also studied. We found that the laser-induced deposition of CNTs performed in water-based solutions generates non-uniform deposits. On the other hand, the laser-induced deposition performed with methanol solutions generates uniform deposits over the fiber tip when no PVP is used and deposition at the center of the fiber when PVP is present in the CNTs solution. The results show the crucial role of the solvent on the spatial features of the laser-induced deposition process. Finally, we register and study the reflection spectra of the as-fabricated CNTs deposited MMI devices.

Many-body depletion forces of colloids in a polydisperse polymer dispersant in the long-chain limit

We study a system of spherical non-adsorbing particles immersed in a polydisperse polymer fluid.

Fabrication and Properties of Porous Carbon Preforms for Making Reaction Formed SiC

This paper describes a proper low cost way to fabricate defects free porous carbon preforms with interconnect pore structure for making reaction formed SiC (RFSC). Taking charcoal , poplar powder, camphene and polymer dispersant together, making slurries by milling under 55 °C for several hours, controlling the content of charcoal and poplar powder, after casting, sublimating and carbonizing, the porous carbon performs with a series density (0.66 g/cm3-0.78 g/cm3) and porosity (62.9 vol.%-68.6 vol.%) were prepared; through the Si infiltrating process under a vacuum condition (~5.0 Pa) at 1500°C for about 0.5 hour, the RFSCs with fine mechanic performance were fabricated, one RFSC sample has the density, Weibull modulus, and the max three points flexural strength is 2.91 g/cm3, 9.5 and 505.0 MPa respectively.