TITLE:

COLLOIDAL STABILITY IN VISCOUS FLUID SUSPENSIONS

DATE:

Friday, September 21st, 2007

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 214

SPEAKER:

Antonio Redondo, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory

ABSTRACT:

Colloidal particle suspensions are widely used in commercial products such as shampoos, fabric enhancers and liquid detergents. The suspensions tend to have complex formulations with compositions that include viscous fluids, polymer and other molecule additives and electrolytes. I will describe a study we are undertaking at Los Alamos to study the stability of these suspensions with respect to aggregation of the colloidal particles.

HOST:

Jose Castillo

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