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increasing mixing time, this interval gets narrow and finally shrinks to one point. Veenstra et<br />

al.(Veenstra, Nor<strong>de</strong>r, van Dam, & Posthuma <strong>de</strong> Boer, 1999) observed a direct correlation<br />

between the width of the co-continuity interval un<strong>de</strong>r shear flow and the capillary number. The<br />

above mentioned factors influence the width of the co-phase area, whereas several factors affect<br />

the position of the phase inversion. The most important one is phase viscosities and their ratio.<br />

Investigations have shown that for a binary blend consisting of components of equal viscosity,<br />

phase inversion occurs around a volume fraction of 0.5(Miles & Zurek, 1988b). Several<br />

works(Jordhamo, Manson, & Sperling, 1986; Mekhilef & Verhoogt, 1996) showed that when<br />

component viscosities differ significantly, the phase inversion point is shifted towards<br />

compositions richer in the high viscosity component. Several authors have proposed semiempirical<br />

equations based on rheological properties, particularly viscosity, in or<strong>de</strong>r to predict cocontinuity<br />

point. Paul and Barlow(Paul & Barlow, 1980b), according to the observations ma<strong>de</strong><br />

by Avgeropolous(Avgeropoulos, Weissert, Biddison, & Boehm, 1976) and the work <strong>de</strong>veloped<br />

by Jordhamo et al.(Jordhamo, et al., 1986), suggested a mo<strong>de</strong>l for blends prepared at low shear<br />

rates as follows:<br />

Equation 2-18.<br />

[<br />

φ I 1 =<br />

whereφ and η are volume fraction and zero shear viscosity of each phase, respectively, at the<br />

I<br />

phase inversion point. Miles et al.(Miles & Zurek, 1988a) argued that the point of phase<br />

inversion should be more precisely related to the effective viscosity ratio.<br />

φ<br />

I 2<br />

η<br />

η<br />

Equation 2-19. φ η(<br />

& γ )<br />

I 1<br />

1<br />

=<br />

φ η(<br />

& γ ) 2<br />

Most of the researchers have acknowledged that Equation 2-18 and Equation 2-19 are valid for<br />

predicting the phase inversion concentration in many binary blend systems with a viscosity ratio<br />

near unity(Mekhilef & Verhoogt, 1996; Miles & Zurek, 1988a). It has been <strong>de</strong>monstrated that<br />

they are invalid for the ones that exhibit viscoelastic asymmetry between the melt<br />

components(Favis & Chalifoux, 1988).<br />

I 2<br />

01<br />

0 2<br />

16

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