Accession Number:
AD0687647
Title:
LIQUID VISCOELASTICITY UNDER RARE-GAS INFUSION,
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Corporate Author:
LOCKHEED MISSILES AND SPACE CO PALO ALTO CALIF LOCKHEED RESEARCH LAB
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Report Date:
1968-02-23
Pagination or Media Count:
11.0
Abstract:
Experimental measurements have been made of the complex frequency-dependent shear modulus for hexachlorobiphenyl Aroclor 1260 both with and without, in turn, helium- and argon-gas infusion to capacity, over the temperature range 5-25C and the pressure range ambient atmospheric to 4000 psi. Static viscosity results derived from the data are presented and analyzed with the aid of the Macedo-Litovitz hybrid equation to find changes in relative free volume brought about by rare-gas impregnation. Limiting high-frequency shear-compliance data are also presented, to which a phenomenological formulation for shear compliance in molecular-bonded liquids is applied as a means for assessing the additional equilibrium number of intermolecular bonds that are bent or broken under rare-gas infusion. Changes are noted in dynamic shear rigidity, loss modulus, and viscoelastic relaxation times brought about by the presence of each rare-gas impregnant in the recipient liquid, all as influenced by temperature and applied static pressure. Viscoelastic relaxation times are decreased in Aroclor upon rare-gas impregnation, the reduction being more pronounced the lower the temperature or the higher the applied pressure. Infusion with the larger argon molecule has over all a more prominent impact on changes in free volume, bond density, and shear-rigidity spectra than has impregnation with helium molecules. However, no appreciable differences are detected between the two gas-infusion cases insofar as their impact on the relaxation time is concerned. Author
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- Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy