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Stability and shear thixotropy of multilayered film foam

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Understanding of foam rheology is significant for the study of foam stabilization. In fact, the foam thixotropy is an important factor to foam stability, but the study about it has not attached great importance. Shear viscosity of different foam stabilizer solutions were investigated as well as microstructure, shear viscosity thixotropy, and stability of different foam systems prepared by the different foam stabilizers. The results show that high shear viscosity of foaming agent solution contributes to decreasing drainage of foam. Collapse of foam depends on the compact degree of molecular alignment. Reaction between the hydrophilic groups of foam stabilizer molecule and accessory ingredient molecule determines shear viscosity of foaming agent solution. Thixotropy of the foam can be used to evaluate the recoverability after sheared by high speed. Strong interaction forces and compact arrangement between the foam stabilizer molecule and accessory ingredient molecule contributes to improving stability and recoverability of foam. Foam stability increases with shear thixotropic recoverability of foam.

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The work was financially supported by the pre-research project of National Key Basic Research Program (Grant No. 2012CB22702).

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  1. The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, No. 947, Heping Avenue, Qingshan District, 430081, Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China

    Xing Du, Lei Zhao, Feng Liang, Hui Chen & Xin Wang

  2. School of Automotive Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430081, People’s Republic of China

    Helin Xiao

  3. Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Refractory Materials Limited Liability Company, Wuhan, 430081, People’s Republic of China

    Junjie Wang, Weimin Qu & Zhongxing Lei

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Du, X., Zhao, L., Xiao, H. et al. Stability and shear thixotropy of multilayered film foam. Colloid Polym Sci 292, 2745–2751 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3361-2

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