The Influence of Plasticizer Content and Type on the Rheological Behaviour of Plastisol Used in Coated Fabrics

Abstract

Coating pastes need to have very specific rheological properties because of the methods in which they are applied. Composition of the paste can be formulated in such a manner to achieve the desired rheological behaviour. In this research work rheological measurements of paste with nine various plasticizer content using DOP and DOA, and PVC-E with three k-values (69, 70, 75) were studied. The results indicate that pastes are characterized by a non-Newtonian pseudoplastic flow under the studied conditions. The power-law index ( n) values of the pastes show that the flow properties of pastes change to Newtonian flow above 50 phr plasticizer content. It was also found that the consistency index (k) of the pastes were decreased with increasing plasticizer content. Statistical analysis carried out show very good correlation between the studied parameters.