Flammability Testing of Fabrics Treated with Oil-Based Shear Thickening Fluids

Abstract Shear thickening fluids (STF) are stabilized and concentrated colloidal suspensions of hard nano-particles in a liquid medium (polymer) that, under the influence of impact forces, show non-Newtonian fluid behavior (shear thickening) dissipating the energy of impact. The viscosity of the dispersion medium should be optimum to lead to an increase in shear thickening, and at the same time, should also allow proper dispersion of the particles. Herein, an STF based on 20 wt% fractal nano-fumed silica particles of 11 nm suspended in a liquid medium of polyethylene glycol (PEG 200) with different concentrations of silicone oil was prepared. These systems were studied in terms of steady-state and dynamic-state rheological behavior under a wide range of temperature, shear rate, strain rate and frequency. The STF with replacement of up to only 20% of PEG with silicone oil as the liquid medium shows a large increase (about four times) in shear thickening parameters when compared with STF containing only PEG under the same processing conditions. It also shows more elastic behavior at high frequencies which are due to the high cross-linking property of silicone oil, contributing to much-improved properties, which are highly desirable from the view point of many applications.

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Effect of addition of silicone oil on the rheology of fumed silica and polyethylene glycol shear thickening suspension

Singh

Verma

Biswas

et al. 2018

Journal of Polymer Engineering

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Flammability Testing of Fabrics Treated with Oil-Based Shear Thickening Fluids

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Effect of addition of silicone oil on the rheology of fumed silica and polyethylene glycol shear thickening suspension

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