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Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 7Alumina/Water Suspensions in the Presence of Peo-Ppo Triblock Copolymers(Elsevier Ltd., 2004) Şakar Deliormanlı, Aylin; Polat, Hürriyet; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinThe aim of this study was to investigate the stability and dispersion behaviour of aqueous alumina suspensions in the presence of polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide-polyethylene oxide (PEO-PPO-PEO) type triblock copolymers. For this purpose alumina suspensions at various solids loadings were prepared using four different methods. These are: Method I: powder and water were stirred only; Method II: powder and water were stirred and ultrasonic treatment was applied; Method III: powder and water were stirred in the presence of block copolymers; Method IV: powder and water were stirred and ultrasonic treatment was applied in the presence of block copolymers. These suspensions were characterized by means of rheological measurements. Sedimentation and turbidity measurements were also conducted to support these results and to investigate the stability of these systems for longer times. Surface tension measurements were performed to investigate the adsorption behaviour of block copolymers onto alumina surface. It was found that the use of PEO-PPO-PEO type triblock copolymers improved the dispersion behaviour of aqueous alumina suspensions in the presence of ultrasonic treatment at low solids loadings. However their effect was not significant at high solids loadings and without ultrasonic treatment.Conference Object Effect of Peo/Ppo Type Triblock Copolymers on Dispersion Behaviour of Aqueous Alumina Suspensions(Trans Tech Publications, 2001) Şakar, Aylin M.; Polat, Hürriyet; Çiftçioğlu, MuhsinThe aim of this study was to investigate the stability and dispersion behaviour of aqueous alumina suspensions in the presence of polyethylene oxide-polypropylene oxide-polyethylene oxide (PEO/PPO/PEO) type block copolymers. The influence of water soluble triblock copolymers with molecular weight ranging from 2900 to 12600 g/mole were tested at Φ = 0.125, 1, 10, 20 vol % solid loading alumina suspensions by rheological, turbidity, sedimentation and surface tension measurements. The results indicate that an alternative dispersant for alumina suspensions is the PEO/PPO triblock copolymers. Their stabilisation mechanism was attributed to the depletion stabilisation. Rheological measurements indicated that these block copolymers (at high EO percentages) coupled with ultrasonic treatment have a positive effect on the dispersion of the agglomerated alumina suspensions. It was not possible to create stable dispersions in the absence of ultrasonic bath treatment. Turbidity measurements at Φ = 0.025, 0.125 vol % showed that, alumina suspensions with PEO/PPO added were stable and have higher turbidity values than block copolymer free suspensions.