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Quantitative characterization of the viscosity of a microemulsionThe viscosity of the three-component microemulsion water/decane/AOT has been measured as a function of temperature and droplet volume fraction. At temperatures well below the phase-separation temperature the viscosity is described by treating the droplets as hard spheres suspended in decane. Upon approaching the two-phase region from low temperature, there is a large (as much as a factor of four) smooth increase of the viscosity which may be related to the percolation-like transition observed in the electrical conductivity. This increase in viscosity is not completely consistent with either a naive electroviscous model or a simple clustering model. The divergence of the viscosity near the critical point (39 C) is superimposed upon the smooth increase. The magnitude and temperature dependence of the critical divergence are similar to that seen near the critical points of binary liquid mixtures.
Document ID
19880023940
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Berg, Robert F.
(National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg, MD, United States)
Moldover, Michael R.
(NBS, Thermophysics Div., Gaithersburg MD, United States)
Huang, John S.
(Exxon Research and Engineering Co. Annandale, NJ, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
September 15, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume: 87
ISSN: 0021-9606
Subject Category
Inorganic And Physical Chemistry
Accession Number
88A11167
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER C-86129-D
Distribution Limits
Public
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