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The storage modulus of a colloidal gel depends on several factors, including solid<br />

volume fraction, shear modulus of particles, and the strength, stiffness and density of<br />

inter-particle bonds. A detailed characterization of differences in colloidal structures of<br />

HA and carbon black gels is beyond the scope of this work. However, it is obvious that<br />

HA particles have a higher modulus than carbon black primary aggregates at room<br />

temperature. To attain a high green density through efficient packing, the size of ceramic<br />

particles is usually in the range of several microns, and the thickness of polyelectrolyte<br />

adsorbate by comparison is insignificant; but the thickness of adsorbed polymer<br />

molecules on much smaller carbon black aggregate surface has to be taken into account.<br />

It is evident based on the strain data that the adsorbed non-ionic surfactant molecules<br />

build up a layer of soft cushion on carbon black surface that interact over a larger<br />

separation 107, 108 than the thin layer of polyelectrolyte molecules 109, 110 adsorbed on HA<br />

particles.<br />

Figure 3.3b shows shear stress τ as a function of shear rate γ� for these gels.<br />

Curve-fitting with Herschel-Bulkley model

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