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PropertiesofSolutionsofNatrosolHEC

Natrosolhydroxyethylcellulosediffersfrommethylcellulose,methylhydroxypropylcellulose,hydroxypropylcellulose,andethylcelluloseinthatNatrosolissolubleinbothcoldandhotwater.Thus,Natrosoldoesnotdisplaya

“cloud”or“precipitation”pointanddoesnotprecipitatefromaqueoussolutionat

elevatedtemperature.

Natrosoldiffersfromcarboxymethylcelluloseinthatitisnon-ionic.Forthisreason,NatrosolsolutionsarelessaffectedbypHchangeandaremoretolerantofthepresenceofanionsandorganicco-solvents.

Viscosity

SolutionsofNatrosolarenon-Newtonianinflow,sincetheychangeinviscositywithrateofshear.BecauseNatrosolisextensivelyusedtomodifytheviscosityofsolutions,dispersions,emulsions,andthelike,theeffectofanumberoffactorsonsolutionviscositywillbediscussedindetail.TheviscositymeasurementmethodisgivenindetailintheAppendix.

EffectofConcentration

WhenNatrosolisdissolvedinwater,theviscosityoftheaqueoussolutionincreasesrapidlywithconcentration,asshowninFigure6.Theviscosity-concentrationrelationshipisnearlylinearwhenviscosityisplottedvs.concentrationonasemilogbasis.

Figure6

EffectofConcentrationonViscosityofAqueousSolutionsofNatrosol

EffectofBlending

TwoviscositytypesofNatrosolcanbeblendedtoobtainanintermediateviscosity.Becauseviscosityisanexponentialfunctionofconcentrationanddegreeofpolymerization,theviscosityresultingfromblendingisnotanarithmeticmean.Ablendingchart(VC-440),whichisavailablefromAqualon,canbeusedtodeterminetheresultofblendingvariousamountsoftwoviscositytypesofNatrosol.Or,itcanbeusedtodeterminetheamountofNatrosolrequiredtoachieveadesiredviscositywhenblendingtwotypesofknownviscosity.

Asanexample(Figure7),itisdesiredtoobtainasolutionofNatrosolhavingaviscosityof150cpsat5%concentration,