. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 17.

Published in final edited form as: Langmuir. 2010 Jan 19;26(2):1067–1074. doi: 10.1021/la9023426

Table 1.

Comparison of the Two Solvent Systems Used for Highly Concentrated Suspensions for the Exponents for the Krieger–Dougherty Equation, the Experimental Maximum Packing Fraction, and Intrinsic Viscosity Average Plus or Minus the Standard Deviation

solvent system	exponent for Krieger–Dougherty equation (−[η]φ_max)	maximum volume packing fraction (φ_max)	intrinsic viscosity ([η])
benzyl benzoate suspension	−1.36±0.09	0.50	2.7±0.18
50/50 safflower oil and benzyl benzoate suspension	−1.2±0.06	0.52	2.3±0.12