Concentrated suspensions of sulfonated polyacrylamide (SPA)/Na C -montmorillonite (Na-MMT) were prepared and their stability and steady shear rheological properties were described as a function of nanoparticle and polymer concentration and temperature. The results showed that the Na-MMT nanoparticles suspensions were stable in the absence and presence of SPA and no sedimentation was seen. The Zaverage particle sizes for the SPA/Na-MMT suspensions increased in the presence of SPA. Rheological investigations showed that the SPA solutions and SPA/Na-MMT suspensions displayed non-Newtonian behavior in almost the whole range of shear rate. All the suspensions exhibited a shear-thinning flow character as shear rate increased. The flow curves indicated the shear viscosity and stress of the samples were decreased with increasing nanoparticles concentration up to 1.5 wt%, but for Na-MMT loading greater than 1.5 wt% there was an increase in shear viscosity and stress of the suspensions. Increasing of SPA concentration had more effect on increasing the rheological properties of SPA/Na-MMT suspensions than increasing of nanoclay content. Shear viscosity and stress of the suspensions increased with increasing SPA concentration and decreased with increasing temperature from 50 C to 70 C.
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