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. 2016 Jan 5;8(1):8. doi: 10.3390/polym8010008

Table 3.

Rheological properties of hydrosols.

Variants (E/A/C) Ostwald de Waele model Herschel–Bulkley model
Consistency index k (Pa·s) Flow behavior index n (–) Apparent viscosity η (mPa·s) Yield stress τ0 (Pa)
N
N/C 0.02 ± 0.01 × 10−3 a 0.996 ± 0.05 × 10−2 c 15.6 ± 0.1 a 0.04 ± 0.02 × 10−3 a
N/A/3C 0.17 ± 0.01 × 10−2 b 0.682 ± 0.03 × 10−2 b 30.5 ± 0.5 b 0.94 ± 0.05 × 10−2 b
N/A/C 0.04 ± 0.50 × 10−2 d 0.901 ± 0.04 × 10−2 g 317.4 ± 0.4 g 2.22 ± 0.1 × 10−2 d
N/3A/C 2.46 ± 0.10 × 10−2 e 0.492 ± 0.2 × 10−2 a 151 ± 1.0 e 9.62 ± 0.50 × 10−2 h
N/A 0.68 ± 0.03 × 10−2 c 0.713 ± 0.03 × 10−2 f 140 ± 0.0 c 2.86 ± 0.10 × 10−2 f
L
L/C 0.01 ± 0.49 × 10−5 a 0.997 ± 0.05 × 10−2 c 14.4 ± 0.1 a 0.01 ± 0.49 × 10−5 a
L/A/3C 0.18 ± 0.09 × 10−3 b 0.677 ± 0.03 × 10−2 b 28.6 ± 0.4 b 1.04 ± 0.05 × 10−2 c
L/A/C 10.42 ± 0.51 × 10−2 g 0.277 ± 0.01 × 10−2 d 189.8 ± 0.2 f 22.99 ± 0.01 i
L/3A/C 2.50 ± 0.12 × 10−2 f 0.495 ± 0.02 × 10−2 a 139.5 ± 0.5 c 9.16 ± 0.45 × 10−2 g
L/A 0.69 ± 0.03 × 10−2 c 0.710 ± 0.04 × 10−2 e 129.8 ± 0.2 cd 2.38 ± 0.12 × 10−2 e

a–i values with different letters within the same column differ significantly (p < 0.05).