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. 2018 Oct 27;10(11):1202. doi: 10.3390/polym10111202

Table 2.

Flow parameters determined from the extended flow diagrams of CNF/CHI formulations, by using the Cross model (Equation (1)) for the CHI solutions and the double Cross model (Equation (11)) for the CNF/CHI suspensions.

Sample η0, Chi (Pa.s) τ Chi (s) pChi s η0, CNF (Pa.s) τ CNF (s) p CNF
Hydroalcoholic conditions:
CHI1.7 62 1.0 0.71
CHI1.7CNF0.3 62 1.0 0.71 0.95 70 3.0 0.99
CHI1.7CNF0.4 62 1.0 0.71 0.95 220 9.5 0.77
CHI2 430 4.1 0.78
CHI2CNF0.2 430 4.1 0.78 0.95 385 8.5 0.93
CHI2CNF0.3 430 4.1 0.78 0.95 591 9.1 0.99
Water conditions:
CHI2 151 0.8 0.79
CHI2CNF0.2 151 0.8 0.79 0.97 257 8.3 0.93
CHI2CNF0.3 151 0.8 0.79 0.99 282 8.3 1.54
CHI2CNF0.4 151 0.8 0.79 1.03 343 8.3 1.30