Transport characteristics of suspension: VIII. A note on the viscosity of Newtonian suspensions of uniform spherical particles

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Abstract

A critical analysis was made of the extensive experimental data on the relative viscosity of suspensions of uniform spherical particles. By appropriate extrapolation techniques, non-Newtonian, inertial, and nonhomogeneous suspension effects were minimized. As a result, the scatter of the data was reduced from ±75% to ±13% at a volume fraction solids of 0.50. The coefficients of different power series relating relative viscosity and volume fraction solids were determined using a nonlinear least squares procedure. It was shown that a new expression containing three terms of a power series with coefficients determined from previous theoretical analyses and an exponential term with two adjustable constants fit the data as well as a power series with six terms, either three or four of which were adjustable constants with the remaining coefficients being theoretical values.

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    Research jointly sponsored by The Office of Saline Water, U. S. Department of the Interior, and U. S. Atomic Energy Commission under contract with the Union Carbide Corporation.

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