Hydrophobically modified associative polymer solutions: Rheology and microstructure in the presence of nonionic surfactants

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 6425-6435

  English, Robert J ^a   Laurer, Jonathan H ^b,c   Spontak, Richard J ^b   Khan, Saad A ^b  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMULSIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

SHEAR-INDUCED STRUCTURING;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ALKYL GROUP; LATEX; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; NONYLPHENOL; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

EMULSION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMER SOLUTION; RHEOLOGY; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMULSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOLUBILIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0037065276     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020409s     Document Type: Article

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