Use of Dye Containing Polymeric Microcapsules for Determining Shear Stresses

Autor: A. C. Condo, B. M. Kosowski, D. C. Clark, W. E. Baker
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: International Polymer Processing. 13:239-246
ISSN: 2195-8602
0930-777X
DOI: 10.3139/217.980239
Popis: This paper evaluates a method of measuring shear stress, in-situ, in polymer flows. The rupture response of two different dye containing polymeric microcapsules, CM511 and CM567, is examined in both an internal batch mixer and a lab scale single screw extruder (SSE), using ultraviolet/visible spectrophotometry (UV/VIS), colorimetric analysis (CA) and optical microscopy (OM). It is observed that both particles rupture over a wide range of shear stresses and times. In particular, both CM511 and CM567 begin to rupture at ∼ 100 kPa, while complete rupture is only detected for the CM567 at average stress levels greater than or equal to ∼ 230 kPa. Complete rupture for the CM511 is not observed over the average shear stress range investigated. The microcapsules further indicate the change in the melting mechanism in a SSE when the processing conditions are changed.
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