Coexistent Phases in Concentrated Polydisperse Emulsions Flocculated by Nonadsorbing Polymer
✍ Scribed by Annette J. Fillery-Travis; Paul A. Gunning; David J. Hibberd; Margaret M. Robins
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 451 KB
- Volume
- 159
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
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✦ Synopsis
We report a study of the creaming behavior of an alkane-inwater emulsion at varying oil volume fractions in the presence of the nonadsorbing polymer, hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC). Pairwise interaction potentials predict a shallow secondary minimum for this system arising from the attractive potential produced by the so-called depletion effect. Use of an ultrasonic creaming monitor has allowed us to verify the predicted flocculation and quantify the separation of the system into colloidrich and colloid-poor phases. The phase diagram for (20.2 %) (\mathrm{v} / \mathrm{v}) oil and varying polymer concentrations has been determined. At (0.02 % \mathrm{w} / \mathrm{w}) HEC we have investigated the effect of oil volume fraction on the phase composition of the system. The observed behavior has been compared with that predicted from the available theoretical treatments for phase separation but with due regard to the possible effects of polydispersity. (1) 1993 Academic Press. Inc.